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-MAINT: Bump pytest from 8.3.3 to 8.3.4
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+chore: update CHANGELOG for v0.8.1
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 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+`0.8.1 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/releases/tag/v0.8.1>`_ - 2024-12-10
+===============================================================================
+
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+
+- fix: conf.py issue `#467 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/467>`_
+- fix: import statements `#470 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/470>`_
+
+
+Documentation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- MAINT: Bump pytest from 8.3.3 to 8.3.4 `#459 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/459>`_
+- MAINT: Bump ansys-sphinx-theme from 1.2.1 to 1.2.3 `#463 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/463>`_
+
+`0.8.0 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/releases/tag/v0.8.0>`_ - 2024-12-10
+===============================================================================
+
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+
+- fix: conf.py issue `#467 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/467>`_
+
+`0.8.0 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/releases/tag/v0.8.0>`_ - 2024-12-09
+===============================================================================
+
+Added
+^^^^^
+
+- feat: launching a specific version of Sherlock `#431 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/431>`_
+
+
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+
+- fix: proper AUTHORS file `#438 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/438>`_
+
+
+Documentation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- MAINT: add action changelog and changelog.rst for release notes `#426 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/426>`_
+- Update unit test for HV strain map analysis. `#428 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/428>`_
+- MAINT: Bump ansys-sphinx-theme from 1.1.6 to 1.1.7 `#429 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/429>`_
+- MAINT: Bump grpcio from 1.67.0 to 1.67.1 `#433 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/433>`_
+- MAINT: Bump pytest-cov from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 `#434 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/434>`_
+- MAINT: Bump ansys-sphinx-theme from 1.1.7 to 1.2.0 `#436 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/436>`_
+- feat: Adding version check to all API methods `#440 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/440>`_
+- feat: Keith/potting region update `#441 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/441>`_
+- fix: Analysis.update_harmonic_vibe_props(): add support for setting model source and strain map natural frequency `#442 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/442>`_
+- docs: update the pull request template `#446 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/446>`_
+- feat:Keith/copy delete potting region `#448 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/448>`_
+- MAINT: Bump ansys-sphinx-theme from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 `#449 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/449>`_
+- doc: project logo `#450 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/450>`_
+- MAINT: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4 to 5 `#451 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/451>`_
+- feat: add type hints `#454 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/454>`_
+- feat: increment version of ansys-api-sherlock to 0.1.35 `#461 <https://github.com/ansys/pysherlock/pull/461>`_
 
 .. vale on
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