diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9acba31c6..73641a3d99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+# v0.8.1
+## Quick Start
+kubectl create namespace argo-rollouts
+kubectl apply -n argo-rollouts -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/v0.8.1/manifests/install.yaml
+
+## Changes since v0.8.0
+### General
+* fix: Remove validation for limits and requests (#480)
+
+### Rollouts
+* fix: Duplicate StableRS to canary.StableRS (#483)
+
+### Kubectl plugin
+* fix: Make kubectl plugin backwards compat with canary.stableRS (#482)
+
 # v0.8.0
 ## Quick Start
 kubectl create namespace argo-rollouts
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a3df0a6959..6f4eebdf6f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1
diff --git a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
index d5406db718..45eb9b0c6b 100644
--- a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ resources:
 - argo-rollouts-metrics-service.yaml
 images:
 - name: argoproj/argo-rollouts
-  newTag: v0.8.0
+  newTag: v0.8.1
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index 62495363db..fe6cae8ef2 100644
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -11536,7 +11536,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - command:
         - /bin/rollouts-controller
-        image: argoproj/argo-rollouts:v0.8.0
+        image: argoproj/argo-rollouts:v0.8.1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argo-rollouts
         volumeMounts:
diff --git a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
index 508ab548b3..5c7368b80e 100644
--- a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
@@ -11411,7 +11411,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - command:
         - /bin/rollouts-controller
-        image: argoproj/argo-rollouts:v0.8.0
+        image: argoproj/argo-rollouts:v0.8.1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argo-rollouts
         volumeMounts: