diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43f18f05bdaf..6683d26a18f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ endif()
 set(HPX_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(HPX_VERSION_MINOR 8)
 set(HPX_VERSION_SUBMINOR 1)
-set(HPX_VERSION_DATE 20220729)
-set(HPX_VERSION_TAG "-rc2")
+set(HPX_VERSION_DATE 20220805)
+set(HPX_VERSION_TAG "")
 
 set(HPX_VERSION
     "${HPX_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HPX_VERSION_MINOR}.${HPX_VERSION_SUBMINOR}"
diff --git a/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt b/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
index 7837656343f9..ae1d8dcbba11 100644
--- a/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
+++ b/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Wed Aug 06 2022 STE||AR Group <contact@stellar-group.org> 1.8.1
+- HPX Release 1.8.0 (https://hpx-docs.stellar-group.org/tags/1.8.1/html/releases/whats_new_1_8_1.html)
+
 * Wed May 18 2022 STE||AR Group <contact@stellar-group.org> 1.8.0
 - HPX Release 1.8.0 (https://hpx-docs.stellar-group.org/tags/1.8.0/html/releases/whats_new_1_8_0.html)
 
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_8_1.rst b/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_8_1.rst
index 453266d2b545..0848659f1ce4 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_8_1.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_8_1.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .. _hpx_1_8_1:
 
 ===========================
-|hpx| V1.8.1 (Jul 29, 2022)
+|hpx| V1.8.1 (Aug 5, 2022)
 ===========================
 
 This is a bugfix release with a few minor additions and resolved problems.