diff --git a/docs/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes.rst
index 021c363dd..cfa159310 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,57 @@ Release Notes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+1.8.1 (2023-05-26)
+==================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+* Sort the list of distributions in the project view
+  (`PR#1599 <https://github.com/fedora-infra/anitya/pull/1599>`_)
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+* Error when checking for versions in cgit backend
+  (`#1536 <https://github.com/fedora-infra/anitya/issues/1536>`_)
+
+* Fix bug in PEP440 sorting
+  (`#1586 <https://github.com/fedora-infra/anitya/issues/1586>`_)
+
+* Fix 500 when accesing project with PYTHON versioning scheme when the version is not a correct version
+  (`#1590 <https://github.com/fedora-infra/anitya/issues/1590>`_)
+
+
+Development Changes
+-------------------
+
+* Add python 3.11 support
+  (`#1592 <https://github.com/fedora-infra/anitya/issues/1592>`_)
+
+
+Other Changes
+-------------
+
+* Add tox and towncrier to dev dependencies
+  (`PR#1596 <https://github.com/fedora-infra/anitya/pull/1596>`_)
+
+* Document what kind of "package name" to use in a distribution mapping
+  (`#1154 <https://github.com/fedora-infra/anitya/issues/1154>`_)
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+Many thanks to the contributors of bug reports, pull requests, and pull request
+reviews for this release:
+
+* Dan Fandrich
+* Liora Milbaum
+* AsciiWolf
+* Michal Konečný
+
+
 1.8.0 (2023-04-27)
 ==================
 
diff --git a/news/1154.other b/news/1154.other
deleted file mode 100644
index aee4b8809..000000000
--- a/news/1154.other
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Document what kind of "package name" to use in a distribution mapping
diff --git a/news/1536.bug b/news/1536.bug
deleted file mode 100644
index 8219f6f5a..000000000
--- a/news/1536.bug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Error when checking for versions in cgit backend
diff --git a/news/1586.bug b/news/1586.bug
deleted file mode 100644
index 206df94bb..000000000
--- a/news/1586.bug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug in PEP440 sorting
diff --git a/news/1590.bug b/news/1590.bug
deleted file mode 100644
index 73e560257..000000000
--- a/news/1590.bug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix 500 when accesing project with PYTHON versioning scheme when the version is not a correct version
diff --git a/news/1592.dev b/news/1592.dev
deleted file mode 100644
index cc8e2908e..000000000
--- a/news/1592.dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add python 3.11 support
diff --git a/news/PR1596.other b/news/PR1596.other
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/news/dan.feature b/news/dan.feature
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/news/dan.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Sort the list of distributions in the project view
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ecd22a3b..40b92fcee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ profile = "black"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "anitya"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 description = "A cross-distribution upstream release monitoring project"
 authors = ["Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou@pingoured.fr>"]
 maintainers = ["Michal Konecny <mkonecny@redhat.com>"]