diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f7c1144b..c245df538 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 #============================================================================
 # Initialize the project
 #============================================================================
-project(gz-rendering8 VERSION 8.1.0)
+project(gz-rendering8 VERSION 8.1.1)
 
 #============================================================================
 # Find gz-cmake
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 380205530..c0bd4253e 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ### Gazebo Rendering 8.X
 
+### Gazebo Rendering 8.1.1 (2024-04-10)
+
+1. Use relative install paths for plugin shared libraries and media files
+    * [Pull request #984](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/984)
+
+1. Handle null mesh pointers in examples
+    * [Pull request #982](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/982)
+
 ### Gazebo Rendering 8.1.0 (2024-03-14)
 
 1. Fix setting normal map when not all submeshes have texcoords (ogre2)