diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fe2d318..68892105 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 1.8.1 - TBD
+## 1.8.1 - 2021-10-27
 
 * Raises `ObjectPathNotFound` if a DFS referral is required but not referrals are available (https://github.com/jborean93/smbprotocol/pull/149)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 53a36266..84fd5add 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def abs_path(rel_path):
 
 setup(
     name='smbprotocol',
-    version='1.8.0',
+    version='1.8.1',
     packages=['smbclient', 'smbprotocol'],
     install_requires=[
         'cryptography>=2.0',