diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ad859056..831a8969 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Dendrite 0.8.1 (2022-04-07)
+
+### Fixes
+
+* A bug which could result in the sync API deadlocking due to lock contention in the notifier has been fixed
+
 ## Dendrite 0.8.0 (2022-04-07)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/internal/version.go b/internal/version.go
index 6a565e23..5227a03b 100644
--- a/internal/version.go
+++ b/internal/version.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var build string
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 0
 	VersionMinor = 8
-	VersionPatch = 0
+	VersionPatch = 1
 	VersionTag   = "" // example: "rc1"
 )