diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 32ac658..529b133 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.0.0"
+  ".": "8.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5796267..980c436 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.1.0](https://github.com/npm/nopt/compare/v8.0.0...v8.1.0) (2025-01-21)
+### Features
+* [`3319782`](https://github.com/npm/nopt/commit/33197822ef1bbcefe8878531598cea25088595fc) [#180](https://github.com/npm/nopt/pull/180) add unknownHandler and abbrevHandler (@wraithgar)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`304b903`](https://github.com/npm/nopt/commit/304b903c118ac10ed28c0cc4b3fab6c32b6b4da0) [#179](https://github.com/npm/nopt/pull/179) log warnings about unknown config situations (@wraithgar)
+### Dependencies
+* [`a7156b2`](https://github.com/npm/nopt/commit/a7156b2491a82bca3950c4ea6b3059697ae5b638) [#180](https://github.com/npm/nopt/pull/180) remove proc-log
+* [`8dd86dd`](https://github.com/npm/nopt/commit/8dd86ddbd2d93bac42b03c826ea2292256abb32e) [#179](https://github.com/npm/nopt/pull/179) add `proc-log@5.0.0`
+* [`9e64314`](https://github.com/npm/nopt/commit/9e64314c2c688b8309f6a9fa6c5d23ff60b4b7b8) [#176](https://github.com/npm/nopt/pull/176) bump abbrev from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0 (#176)
+### Chores
+* [`d7916cd`](https://github.com/npm/nopt/commit/d7916cd03d22e6653ce7c3d6e90f6557dee789a1) [#181](https://github.com/npm/nopt/pull/181) bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.23.4 to 4.23.6 (#181) (@dependabot[bot], @npm-cli-bot)
+
 ## [8.0.0](https://github.com/npm/nopt/compare/v7.2.1...v8.0.0) (2024-09-03)
 ### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
 * `nopt` now supports node `^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c1ef86..0732ada 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nopt",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "description": "Option parsing for Node, supporting types, shorthands, etc. Used by npm.",
   "author": "GitHub Inc.",
   "main": "lib/nopt.js",