diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 543fce7e..12cdc530 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.8.1 (April 7, 2022)
+------------------------------
+* fixed crashing RoboViz due to an invalid regex ([#52](https://github.com/magmaOffenburg/RoboViz/issues/52))
+* migrated logging to Log4j ([#124](https://github.com/magmaOffenburg/RoboViz/pull/124))
+
 1.8.0 (December 30, 2021)
 ------------------------------
 * included the [darklaf](https://github.com/weisJ/darklaf) library for better look and feels ([#110](https://github.com/magmaOffenburg/RoboViz/pull/110))
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cf075fe4..4a0f5ecf 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'org.magmaoffenburg.roboviz'
-version '1.8.1-SNAPSHOT'
+version '1.8.1'
 mainClassName = 'org.magmaoffenburg.roboviz.MainKt'
 
 ext {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/magmaoffenburg/roboviz/Main.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/magmaoffenburg/roboviz/Main.kt
index ba0f30a0..e2ab4ada 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/magmaoffenburg/roboviz/Main.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/magmaoffenburg/roboviz/Main.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import java.awt.EventQueue
 class Main {
     companion object {
         const val name = "RoboViz"
-        const val version = "1.8.1-SNAPSHOT"
+        const val version = "1.8.1"
 
         var mode = Mode.LIVE
         lateinit var config: Config // TODO maybe Config should be a Object