From ff5223a6cfa77f23ff14b014f84ea5900fe7bdf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Mudd <james.mudd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:36:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update changelog

---
 CHANGES.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 216df223..fc7ba0c8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # jHDF Change Log
 
+## v0.8.1 - August 2024
+- Add support fo writing `String` datasets and attributes
+- Add `_jHDF` default attribute to root group
+- Build and dependency updates
+
 ## v0.8.0 - July 2024
 - Major writing support improvements
   - Attributes can now be written https://github.com/jamesmudd/jhdf/issues/552

From c11b0e3b7c53f49cddebcd76af788355fa2671c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Mudd <james.mudd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:37:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump version to v0.8.1

---
 jhdf/build.gradle | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jhdf/build.gradle b/jhdf/build.gradle
index 6905c463..39e8adf0 100644
--- a/jhdf/build.gradle
+++ b/jhdf/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ plugins {
 
 // Variables
 group = 'io.jhdf'
-version = '0.8.0'
+version = '0.8.1'
 
 compileJava {
     sourceCompatibility = "1.8"