diff --git a/bodhi-server/bodhi-server.spec b/bodhi-server/bodhi-server.spec
index 298e0c3f51..7a6c8870a4 100644
--- a/bodhi-server/bodhi-server.spec
+++ b/bodhi-server/bodhi-server.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 %global pypi_name bodhi-server
 %global src_name bodhi_server
-%global pypi_version 8.0.0
+%global pypi_version 8.0.1
+%global client_min_version 8.0.0
+%global messages_min_version 8.0.0
 
 Name:           %{pypi_name}
 Version:        %{pypi_version}
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ BuildRequires:  createrepo_c
 BuildRequires:  skopeo
 BuildRequires:  dnf
 
-Requires: bodhi-client = %{version}
-Requires: python3-bodhi-messages = %{version}
+Requires: bodhi-client >= %{client_min_version}
+Requires: python3-bodhi-messages >= %{messages_min_version}
 Requires: fedora-messaging
 Requires: git
 Requires: httpd
@@ -156,6 +158,9 @@ install -p -D -m 0644 %{name}.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/%{name}.sysus
 %pycached %{python3_sitelib}/bodhi/server/metadata.py
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec 24 2023 Mattia Verga <mattia.verga@fedoraproject.org> - 8.0.1-1
+- Update to 8.0.1
+
 * Sat Dec 09 2023 Mattia Verga <mattia.verga@fedoraproject.org> - 8.0.0-1
 - Update to 8.0.0
 
diff --git a/bodhi-server/pyproject.toml b/bodhi-server/pyproject.toml
index fc0ba636ec..bb4e73877b 100644
--- a/bodhi-server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/bodhi-server/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "bodhi-server"
-version = "8.0.0"
+version = "8.0.1"
 description = "Bodhi server"
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = ["Fedora Infrastructure Team"]
diff --git a/docs/user/release_notes.rst b/docs/user/release_notes.rst
index 6fe68520f1..8bd47f1583 100644
--- a/docs/user/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/user/release_notes.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,30 @@ Release notes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+v8.0.1
+======
+
+
+Released on 2023-12-24.
+This is a bugfix release that fixes an urgent issue about bodhi-server not
+honouring cookie authentication settings.
+
+
+Bug fixes
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+* The Bodhi authentication policy wasn't honoring settings from config
+  (:pr:`5572`).
+
+
+Contributors
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The following developers contributed to this release of Bodhi:
+
+* Mattia Verga
+
+
 v8.0.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/news/PR5572.bug b/news/PR5572.bug
deleted file mode 100644
index e2f3e41f11..0000000000
--- a/news/PR5572.bug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-The Bodhi authentication policy wasn't honoring settings from config
diff --git a/news/summary.migration b/news/summary.migration
deleted file mode 100644
index 4463af513d..0000000000
--- a/news/summary.migration
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-The Release model has gained a `released_on` column which reports the date of first release
-The `requirements` column has been removed from both Package and Update models
-The `email` column of the User model has been modified to UnicodeText