diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f1ceac6..dd09aa8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2024-02-08 0.8.1
+  * Add missing virDomainUndefineFlagsValues constants
+  * Require libvirt 2.0.0
+  * Always use pkg-config for detecting libvirt
+  * Drop most compile-time feature checks
+
 2021-11-15 0.8.0
   * Fix default values for node_cpu_stats and node_memory_stats
   * Fix cpumap allocation for virDomainGetVcpus
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 72f59f3..ffd333f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require 'rubygems/package_task'
 require 'rbconfig'
 
 PKG_NAME='ruby-libvirt'
-PKG_VERSION='0.8.0'
+PKG_VERSION='0.8.1'
 
 EXT_CONF='ext/libvirt/extconf.rb'
 MAKEFILE="ext/libvirt/Makefile"
diff --git a/doc/site/news.html b/doc/site/news.html
index f483d2a..442e2cf 100644
--- a/doc/site/news.html
+++ b/doc/site/news.html
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
       <div id="content">
 	<h1>News</h1>
 	<ul>
+	  <li>February 8, 2024 - Release 0.8.1</li>
 	  <li>November 15, 2021 - Release 0.8.0</li>
 	  <li>February 18, 2018 - Release 0.7.1</li>
 	  <li>September 22, 2016 - Release 0.7.0</li>
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@ <h1>News</h1>
 	  <li>November 19, 2007 - Release 0.0.1</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h1>Releases</h1>
+	<h3>0.8.1: February 8, 2024</h3>
+	<ul>
+	  <li>Add missing virDomainUndefineFlagsValues constants</li>
+	  <li>Require libvirt 2.0.0</li>
+	  <li>Always use pkg-config for detecting libvirt</li>
+	  <li>Drop most compile-time feature checks</li>
+	</ul>
 	<h3>0.8.0: November 11, 2021</h3>
 	<ul>
 	  <li>Fix default values for node_cpu_stats and node_memory_stats</li>