diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 174e00893b..aa179b6574 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ Adding a new version? You'll need three changes:
   in `HTTPRoute` or `GRPCRoute` if there are no matches in the rule and no
   hostnames in their parent objects.
   [#4526](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/4528)
+- The Gateway API has been bumped to 0.8.1.
+  [#4700](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/4700)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80fde8e971..844c0048f1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ require (
 	knative.dev/networking v0.0.0-20230718160410-75dcd54d9510
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230718152110-aef227e72ead
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.14.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.14.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 77529f95cf..11683ae902 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ knative.dev/serving v0.38.0 h1:h2PLGbhXmE1P2jB5ozjnXT6CagadMykaJW4Q/dhv0os=
 knative.dev/serving v0.38.0/go.mod h1:3/KPMVdVOZSHdrRhvelLuxuO+Ftln2ZTKq8R3gUu6Gw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.0 h1:isQQ3Jx2qFP7vaA3ls0846F0Amp9Eq14P08xbSwVbQg=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.0/go.mod h1:okOnjPNBFbIS/Rw9kAhuIUaIkLhTKEu+ARIuXk2dgaM=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.1 h1:Bo4NMAQFYkQZnHXOfufbYwbPW7b3Ic5NjpbeW6EJxuU=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.8.1/go.mod h1:0PteDrsrgkRmr13nDqFWnev8tOysAVrwnvfFM55tSVg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.20.0 h1:f0sc3v9mQbGnjBUaqSFST1dwIuiikKVGgoTwpoP33a8=
diff --git a/test/conformance/gateway_conformance_test.go b/test/conformance/gateway_conformance_test.go
index c616dffe81..c948fc6a9f 100644
--- a/test/conformance/gateway_conformance_test.go
+++ b/test/conformance/gateway_conformance_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ var commonSkippedTests = []string{
 	tests.HTTPRouteRedirectScheme.ShortName,
 	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/4165
 	tests.HTTPRouteRequestMirror.ShortName,
+	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/4165
+	tests.HTTPRouteRequestMultipleMirrors.ShortName,
 
 	// experimental conformance
 	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/3684
diff --git a/test/consts/zz_generated_gateway.go b/test/consts/zz_generated_gateway.go
index e0250aaa4d..3d72a912ae 100644
--- a/test/consts/zz_generated_gateway.go
+++ b/test/consts/zz_generated_gateway.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 package consts
 
 const (
-	GatewayAPIVersion                   = "v0.8.0"
-	GatewayStandardCRDsKustomizeURL     = "github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/config/crd/?ref=v0.8.0"
-	GatewayExperimentalCRDsKustomizeURL = "github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/config/crd/experimental?ref=v0.8.0"
-	GatewayRawRepoURL                   = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/v0.8.0"
+	GatewayAPIVersion                   = "v0.8.1"
+	GatewayStandardCRDsKustomizeURL     = "github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/config/crd/?ref=v0.8.1"
+	GatewayExperimentalCRDsKustomizeURL = "github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/config/crd/experimental?ref=v0.8.1"
+	GatewayRawRepoURL                   = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/v0.8.1"
 )