diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ba69324d..997aa2172 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+## 1.8.1 (2016-09-12)
+- Add TargetGroupArn and fix ContainerPort (#549)
+- Update ApiGateway resources (#550)
+- Add support for AutoScalingCreationPolicy (#552)
+- Change param type for resource: RestAPI (#553)
+- Add support for IAM Roles in ECS Task Definitions (#556)
+- Allow Tags on AWS::CloudFormation::Stack (#557)
+- Added support for protocol in container definition PortMapping property. (#558)
+- Add Tags prop to Kinesis::Stream (#565)
+- Add a sample ECS Cluster template (#559)
+- Add support for ElasticsearchVersion in Elasticsearch Domain (#560)
+- WAF SizeContraint needs to be an AWSProperty (Fixes #561)
+- Add Tags prop to Kinesis::Stream (#565)
+
 ## 1.8.0 (2016-08-15)
 - Support "UserName" property for AWS::IAM::User #529
 - Remove double S from S3ObjectVersion (fixes #530) (#531)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7fc7f1deb..2fa17d4eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='troposphere',
-    version='1.8.0',
+    version='1.8.1',
     description="AWS CloudFormation creation library",
     author="Mark Peek",
     author_email="mark@peek.org",
diff --git a/troposphere/__init__.py b/troposphere/__init__.py
index 67c12344d..44ef712ed 100644
--- a/troposphere/__init__.py
+++ b/troposphere/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from . import validators
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.1"
 
 # constants for DeletionPolicy
 Delete = 'Delete'