diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ec7d5b5..7176cb54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,47 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
+1.8.1 (2016-09-22)
+-----------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+
+- Fixed a bug where users using a credentials store were not able
+  to access their private images.
+
+- Fixed a bug where users using identity tokens to authenticate
+  were not able to access their private images.
+
+- Fixed a bug where an `HttpHeaders` entry in the docker configuration
+  file would cause Compose to crash when trying to build an image.
+
+- Fixed a few bugs related to the handling of Windows paths in volume
+  binding declarations.
+
+- Fixed a bug where Compose would sometimes crash while trying to
+  read a streaming response from the engine.
+
+- Fixed an issue where Compose would crash when encountering an API error
+  while streaming container logs.
+
+- Fixed an issue where Compose would erroneously try to output logs from
+  drivers not handled by the Engine's API.
+
+- Fixed a bug where options from the `docker-machine config` command would
+  not be properly interpreted by Compose.
+
+- Fixed a bug where the connection to the Docker Engine would
+  sometimes fail when running a large number of services simultaneously.
+
+- Fixed an issue where Compose would sometimes print a misleading
+  suggestion message when running the `bundle` command.
+
+- Fixed a bug where connection errors would not be handled properly by
+  Compose during the project initialization phase.
+
+- Fixed a bug where a misleading error would appear when encountering
+  a connection timeout.
+
 1.8.0 (2016-06-14)
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/compose/__init__.py b/compose/__init__.py
index c550f990..2dc38341 100644
--- a/compose/__init__.py
+++ b/compose/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.1'
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index bb7f07b3..db38bbe3 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ which the release page specifies, in your terminal.
 
      The following is an example command illustrating the format:
 
-        curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.0/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+        curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.1/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
      If you have problems installing with `curl`, see
      [Alternative Install Options](#alternative-install-options).
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ which the release page specifies, in your terminal.
 7. Test the installation.
 
         $ docker-compose --version
-        docker-compose version: 1.8.0
+        docker-compose version: 1.8.1
 
 
 ## Alternative install options
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ to get started.
 Compose can also be run inside a container, from a small bash script wrapper.
 To install compose as a container run:
 
-    $ curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.0/run.sh > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+    $ curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.1/run.sh > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
     $ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
 ## Master builds
diff --git a/script/run/run.sh b/script/run/run.sh
index 6205747a..a16f2ea8 100755
--- a/script/run/run.sh
+++ b/script/run/run.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION="1.8.0"
+VERSION="1.8.1"
 IMAGE="docker/compose:$VERSION"