diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e3d684718..838bbb988 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
       version:
         description: "Release version"
         required: true
-        default: "0.8.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 env:
   CH_VERSION: "24.8"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3aca09646..d249721dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 ## Latest
 
+## 0.8.1 
+
+### New Features
+- [client-v2] - Added support for Variant Data Type for RowBinary format. Can be read into a POJO or using a reader.
+Writing is supported only for POJO. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/pull/2130)    
+- [client-v2] - Added support for Dynamic Data Type for RowBinary format. Can be read into a POJO or using a reader.
+  Writing is supported only for POJO. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/pull/2130)
+- [client-v2] - Added support for JSON Data Type for RowBinary format. Can be read into a POJO or using a reader.
+  Writing is supported only for POJO. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/pull/2130)
+- [client-v2] - Added support for `ZonedDateTime` in POJO serde. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2117)
+- [client-v2] - Added suport for micrometer metrics for Apache HTTP client connection pool. It is now possible to get metrics registered 
+in micrometer registry by calling `com.clickhouse.client.api.Client.Builder.registerClientMetrics(registry, groupName)`. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/1901) 
+
+### Bug Fixes 
+- [client-v2] - Fixed `getTableSchema(tableName, databaseName)` now it doesn't ignore database name. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2139)
+- [client-v2] - Fixed `returnGeneratedValues` to not throw an exception. Keep in mind that ClickHouse doesn't support 
+returning anything in response for `INSERT` statements. This change was done just to make client usable with certain frameworks. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2121)
+- [jdbc-v2] - Fixed changing database by `USE` statement. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2137)
+- [jbdc-v2] - Fixed `ResultSetMetadata.getColumnClassName()` to return null instead of throwing exception. This change is done only 
+to allow certain frameworks work with the client. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2112)
+- [jdbc-v2] - Fixed using statements with `WITH` in JDBC v2. Previously was causing NPE. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2132) 
+- [repo] - Fixed failing Test in Windows when attempting to locate files with reserved characters in the file path. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2114)
+
 ## 0.8.0
 
 ### Highlights
diff --git a/examples/client-v2/pom.xml b/examples/client-v2/pom.xml
index 33d7bad18..5629e8711 100644
--- a/examples/client-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/client-v2/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
+        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
 
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</compiler-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/examples/client/pom.xml b/examples/client/pom.xml
index 269260deb..2fba9b5b0 100644
--- a/examples/client/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/client/pom.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
+        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
         <!-- Nightly snapshot version from https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/ or latest from local -->
-<!--        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.0</clickhouse-java.version>-->
+<!--        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>-->
 
         <apache-httpclient.version>5.2.1</apache-httpclient.version>
 
diff --git a/examples/demo-kotlin-service/gradle.properties b/examples/demo-kotlin-service/gradle.properties
index 57273fc85..05aa20726 100644
--- a/examples/demo-kotlin-service/gradle.properties
+++ b/examples/demo-kotlin-service/gradle.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ ktor_version=2.3.12
 kotlin_version=2.0.20
 logback_version=1.4.14
 
-ch_java_client_version=0.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
+ch_java_client_version=0.8.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/demo-service/gradle.properties b/examples/demo-service/gradle.properties
index 5ea3c7722..6fbe286d6 100644
--- a/examples/demo-service/gradle.properties
+++ b/examples/demo-service/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-ch_java_client_version=0.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
+ch_java_client_version=0.8.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/jdbc/pom.xml b/examples/jdbc/pom.xml
index 8b00ac35b..4673e9745 100644
--- a/examples/jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
+        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
         <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
         <apache-httpclient.version>5.2.1</apache-httpclient.version>
 
diff --git a/examples/r2dbc/clickhouse-r2dbc-spring-webflux-sample/pom.xml b/examples/r2dbc/clickhouse-r2dbc-spring-webflux-sample/pom.xml
index 1458f78f3..b7762d7ff 100644
--- a/examples/r2dbc/clickhouse-r2dbc-spring-webflux-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/r2dbc/clickhouse-r2dbc-spring-webflux-sample/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <clickhouse-java.version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
+        <clickhouse-java.version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</clickhouse-java.version>
         <spring-boot-starter.version>2.7.18</spring-boot-starter.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd5eb1b5f..a6f30849b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <revision>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
+        <revision>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <project.current.year>2025</project.current.year>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>