diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog Fab Manager
 
+## v2.8.1 2019 January 02
+
 - Fix ES upgrade: when docker-compose file is using ${PWD}, the ES config volume is attached to the wrong container
 - Fixed environment documentation references for external locales
 - Fix a bug: unable to fetch projects from OpenProjects (#126)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fab-manager",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.8.1",
   "description": "FabManager is the FabLab management solution. It is web-based, open-source and totally free.",
   "keywords": [
     "fablab",