diff --git a/ARANGO-VERSION b/ARANGO-VERSION
index b6d8b7612f0e..ad4d80803988 100644
--- a/ARANGO-VERSION
+++ b/ARANGO-VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.11.8
+3.11.8.1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 99c684b94fe5..b981d9c1caad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-v3.11.8.1 (XXXX-XX-XX)
+v3.11.8.1 (2024-04-18)
 ----------------------
 
 * Fixed BTS-1489: Race condition in AsioSocket shutdown when using SSL.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e8bfa3ed6c16..4ebc88cd5d5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ set(ARANGODB_VERSION_MINOR "11")
 # when building the nightly ARANGODB_VERSION_PATCH will be set
 if (NOT DEFINED ARANGODB_VERSION_PATCH)
   set(ARANGODB_VERSION_PATCH "8")
-  set(ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "")
+  set(ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "1")
   set(ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_NUMBER "")
 else()
   unset (ARANGODB_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE) # do not remove space
diff --git a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/api-docs.json b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/api-docs.json
index 4f688d4a37e8..cf66ef71a4cc 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/api-docs.json
+++ b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/api-docs.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "info": {
   "description": "ArangoDB REST API Interface",
   "title": "ArangoDB",
-  "version": "3.11.8"
+  "version": "3.11.8-1"
  },
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "paths": {