diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e803cef..43b360fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [commit-and-tag-version](https://github.com/absolute-version/commit-and-tag-version) for commit guidelines.
+
+## [4.8.1](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-gems/compare/v4.8.0...v4.8.1) (2024-01-15)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Update axe-core to v4.8.2 ([#332](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-gems/issues/332)) ([b3789c4](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-gems/commit/b3789c44e433c82743a84029d2bac7c529d32047))
+* Update axe-core to v4.8.3 ([#360](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-gems/issues/360)) ([cb6338c](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-gems/commit/cb6338c222a55825f4ec9f04699c775d76508a26))
+
 
 ## [4.8.0](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-gems/compare/v4.6.1...v4.8.0) (2023-09-27)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d17dd8e..20d1673a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "axe-core-gems",
-  "version": "4.8.0",
+  "version": "4.8.1",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {
diff --git a/version.rb b/version.rb
index 6812ec3d..dd0a8a2f 100644
--- a/version.rb
+++ b/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # this version is used by all the packages
 
 module AxeCoreGems
-  VERSION = "4.8.0"
+  VERSION = "4.8.1"
 end