diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index eb74f24..915b35a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+## [1.8.1] - 2025-02-11
+### Fixed
+- SKIP_YASM_BUILD affecting JPEG_DIR instead
+
+### Changed
+- Verify libjpeg-turbo and yasm archives after download
+
+
 ## [1.8.0] - 2025-02-08
 ### Changed
 - Allow encoding cropped arrays (!6 on GitLab, thanks @davidplowman).
diff --git a/simplejpeg/__init__.py b/simplejpeg/__init__.py
index 9eb2878..2495c9f 100644
--- a/simplejpeg/__init__.py
+++ b/simplejpeg/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from ._jpeg import decode_jpeg_header
 
 
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.1'
 __version_info__ = __version__.split('.')