diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c0ac7d..4ee8abf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2024-01-11
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Updated pip from 23.3.1 to 23.3.2. ([#156](https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/pull/156))
@@ -97,7 +99,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Initial implementation. ([#3](https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/pull/3))
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/compare/v0.8.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/compare/v0.8.1...HEAD
+[0.8.1]: https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1
 [0.8.0]: https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/compare/v0.7.3...v0.8.0
 [0.7.3]: https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/compare/v0.7.2...v0.7.3
 [0.7.2]: https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/compare/v0.7.1...v0.7.2
diff --git a/buildpack.toml b/buildpack.toml
index f88daa3..7bb9788 100644
--- a/buildpack.toml
+++ b/buildpack.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ api = "0.9"
 
 [buildpack]
 id = "heroku/python"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 name = "Heroku Python"
 homepage = "https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python"
 description = "Heroku's buildpack for Python applications."