diff --git a/changelog/project.xml b/changelog/project.xml
index 9b32a4dd..82dcdb5f 100644
--- a/changelog/project.xml
+++ b/changelog/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-changelog-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Changelog Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.8.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.8.1</currentVersion>
   <shortDescription>Produce SCM changelog reports.</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/changelog/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPCHANGELOG</issueTrackingUrl>
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
       <name>1.8</name>
       <tag>maven-changelog-plugin-1.8</tag>
     </version>
+    <version>
+      <id>1.8.1</id>
+      <name>1.8.1</name>
+      <tag>maven-changelog-plugin-1.8.1</tag>
+    </version>
   </versions>
   <contributors>
     <contributor>
diff --git a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
index e3cd2d09..61844788 100644
--- a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.8.1-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+    <release version="1.8.1" date="2005-06-06">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPCHANGELOG-23">Determine default factory from connection - no need to configure for SCMs other than CVS.</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPCHANGELOG-49" due-to="Freddy Mallet">Add VSS support</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPCHANGELOG-25" due-to="Neil Palmer">Corrected link for viewcvs configured with muliple cvs repository.</action>
