diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1d83a230..7927eee99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,34 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2024-11-14
+
+This release includes key fixes that enhance the stability and performance of the litep2p library, focusing on long-running stability and improvements to polling mechanisms.
+
+### Long Running Stability Improvements
+
+This issue caused long-running nodes to reject all incoming connections, impacting overall stability.
+
+Addressed a bug in the connection limits functionality that incorrectly tracked connections due for rejection.
+This issue caused an artificial increase in inbound peers, which were not being properly removed from the connection limit count.
+This fix ensures more accurate tracking and management of peer connections [#286](https://github.com/paritytech/litep2p/pull/286).
+
+### Polling implementation fixes
+
+This release provides multiple fixes to the polling mechanism, improving how connections and events are processed:
+
+- Resolved an overflow issue in TransportContext's polling index for streams, preventing potential crashes.
+- Fixed a delay in the manager's `poll_next` function that prevented immediate polling of newly added futures.
+- Corrected an issue where the listener did not return Poll::Ready(None) when it was closed, ensuring proper signal handling.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- manager: Fix connection limits tracking of rejected connections  ([#286](https://github.com/paritytech/litep2p/pull/286))
+- transport: Fix waking up on filtered events from `poll_next`  ([#287](https://github.com/paritytech/litep2p/pull/287))
+- transports: Fix missing Poll::Ready(None) event from listenener  ([#285](https://github.com/paritytech/litep2p/pull/285))
+- manager: Avoid overflow on stream implementation for `TransportContext`  ([#283](https://github.com/paritytech/litep2p/pull/283))
+- manager: Log when polling returns Ready(None)  ([#284](https://github.com/paritytech/litep2p/pull/284))
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2024-11-04
 
 This release adds support for content provider advertisement and discovery to Kademlia protocol implementation (see libp2p [spec](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/kad-dht/README.md#content-provider-advertisement-and-discovery)).
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 15dbb983d..3d7903816 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2866,7 +2866,7 @@ checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "litep2p"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "asynchronous-codec 0.7.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3c278b23b..4e6d453e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "litep2p"
 description = "Peer-to-peer networking library"
 license = "MIT"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [build-dependencies]