diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 964e75f7a2..2cc850822e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Changes in [2.8.1](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/releases/tag/v2.8.1) (2020-06-29)
+===================================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1)
+
+ * Support accounts with cross signing but no SSSS
+   [\#4852](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/4852)
+
 Changes in [2.8.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/releases/tag/v2.8.0) (2020-06-23)
 ===================================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/compare/v2.8.0-rc.1...v2.8.0)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 673ea34a68..e8719520c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "matrix-react-sdk",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.8.1",
   "description": "SDK for matrix.org using React",
   "author": "matrix.org",
   "repository": {