diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6204a98c..ced2cc25a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 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).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [13.8.1] - 2024-09-10
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -2066,6 +2066,7 @@ Major version bump for a breaking change to `Text.stylize signature`, which corr
 
 - First official release, API still to be stabilized
 
+[13.8.1]: https://github.com/textualize/rich/compare/v13.8.0...v13.8.1
 [13.8.0]: https://github.com/textualize/rich/compare/v13.7.1...v13.8.0
 [13.7.1]: https://github.com/textualize/rich/compare/v13.7.0...v13.7.1
 [13.7.0]: https://github.com/textualize/rich/compare/v13.6.0...v13.7.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82ac2fd83..43949e7bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "rich"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/rich"
 documentation = "https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
-version = "13.8.0"
+version = "13.8.1"
 description = "Render rich text, tables, progress bars, syntax highlighting, markdown and more to the terminal"
 authors = ["Will McGugan <willmcgugan@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"