diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index ce401b7527759c4bffb85ca256c84b6123b337a9..7f3989ea0c44805e151720fb939b6a301a684841 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.8.1
+-----
+* Support for throwing in the `template-haskell` `Q` monad
+* Support for `transformers` 0.5
+
 0.8.0.1
 -------
 * Resolved warnings on GHC 7.10 and with transformers 0.4.
diff --git a/exceptions.cabal b/exceptions.cabal
index cc5792d98f26e0192adeaeb243e91e39346d1595..99a90ab9c7d7d8c9137b139bd0b46f7e84570b32 100644
--- a/exceptions.cabal
+++ b/exceptions.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          exceptions
 category:      Control, Exceptions, Monad
-version:       0.8.0.3
+version:       0.8.1
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 license:       BSD3
 license-file:  LICENSE