diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa2f298b7..ffc1f9cef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD024 -->
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD004 -->
 
+## [8.1.0] (2021-07-27)
+
+### Added
+
+- `.copyInheritedSettings()` ([#1557])
+- Chinese translation update for Commander v8 README ([#1570])
+- `Argument` methods for `.argRequired()` and `.argOptional()` ([#1567])
+
 ## [8.0.0] (2021-06-25)
 
 ### Added
@@ -369,6 +377,9 @@ program
 [#1529]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/pull/1529
 [#1534]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/pull/1534
 [#1539]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/pull/1539
+[#1557]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/pull/1557
+[#1567]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/pull/1567
+[#1570]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/pull/1570
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/compare/master...develop
 [8.0.0]: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/compare/v7.2.0...v8.0.0
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 03ba7370a..f3da2a1c1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "commander",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7df2ddea0..737c757aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "commander",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "description": "the complete solution for node.js command-line programs",
   "keywords": [
     "commander",