diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c08e30a7df..e0d4234942 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ it will be removed; but as it won't be user-visible this isn't considered a brea
 
 ## RELEASE NOTES
 
+## [3.8.1] September 18, 2023
+[3.8.1]: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/compare/v3.8.0...v3.8.1
+
+### Emissary-ingress and Ambassador Edge Stack
+
+- Security: Upgrading to the latest release of Golang as part of our general dependency upgrade
+  process. This includes security fixes for CVE-2023-39318, CVE-2023-39319.
+
 ## [3.8.0] August 29, 2023
 [3.8.0]: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/compare/v3.7.2...v3.8.0
 
diff --git a/charts/emissary-ingress/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/emissary-ingress/CHANGELOG.md
index 20b408269e..5c9656ec22 100644
--- a/charts/emissary-ingress/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/emissary-ingress/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 This file documents all notable changes to Ambassador Helm Chart. The release
 numbering uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## v8.8.1 - 2023-09-18
+
+- Upgrade Emissary to v3.8.1 [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
+
 ## v8.8.0 - 2023-08-29
 
 - Upgrade Emissary to v3.8.0 [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
diff --git a/docs/releaseNotes.yml b/docs/releaseNotes.yml
index c91c364484..dba938bd70 100644
--- a/docs/releaseNotes.yml
+++ b/docs/releaseNotes.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
 
 changelog: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/blob/$branch$/CHANGELOG.md
 items:
+  - version: 3.8.1
+    prevVersion: 3.8.0
+    date: '2023-09-18'
+    notes:
+      - title: Upgrade to Golang 1.20.7
+        type: security
+        body: >-
+          Upgrading to the latest release of Golang as part of our general dependency upgrade process. This includes
+          security fixes for CVE-2023-39318, CVE-2023-39319.
+
   - version: 3.8.0
     prevVersion: 3.7.2
     date: '2023-08-29'