diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index afa458bc..952c2637 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 0.8.1 (2021-12-21)
+---------------------------
+
+- Adds OpenAPI specification support for ``kubernetes_job_timeout`` handling.
+- Changes OpenAPI specification for cluster health status endpoint.
+- Changes Yadage dependencies to allow 0.21.x patchlevel-version updates.
+- Changes installation to require Python-3.6 or higher versions.
+
 Version 0.8.0 (2021-11-22)
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/reana_commons/version.py b/reana_commons/version.py
index fff54cef..933632a0 100755
--- a/reana_commons/version.py
+++ b/reana_commons/version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"