diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd1a6dc..0b360e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.8.1] - 2023-09-29
+
 * Fix: support `token_data.to_s` when using mocked JWTs
 
 ## [2.8.0] - 2023-09-29
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Add a changelog
 * Setup automated gem publishing
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/zaikio/zaikio-directory-models/compare/v2.8.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/zaikio/zaikio-directory-models/compare/v2.8.1...HEAD
+[2.8.1]: https://github.com/zaikio/zaikio-directory-models/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1
 [2.8.0]: https://github.com/zaikio/zaikio-directory-models/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0
 [2.7.0]: https://github.com/zaikio/zaikio-directory-models/compare/v2.7.0...v2.7.0
 [2.6.0]: https://github.com/zaikio/zaikio-directory-models/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f4fb0f9..91607eb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    zaikio-jwt_auth (2.8.0)
+    zaikio-jwt_auth (2.8.1)
       activejob
       jwt (>= 2.2.1)
       oj (>= 3.0.0)
diff --git a/lib/zaikio/jwt_auth/version.rb b/lib/zaikio/jwt_auth/version.rb
index 778693a..1113cd1 100644
--- a/lib/zaikio/jwt_auth/version.rb
+++ b/lib/zaikio/jwt_auth/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Zaikio
   module JWTAuth
-    VERSION = "2.8.0".freeze
+    VERSION = "2.8.1".freeze
   end
 end