diff --git a/generator-java/CHANGELOG.md b/generator-java/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a0343ef..933c1138 100644
--- a/generator-java/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/generator-java/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 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.
 
+<a name="5.8.1"></a>
+## [5.8.1](https://github.com/ibm-developer/generator-ibm-java/compare/v5.8.0...v5.8.1) (2018-03-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **build:** add "--" to npm run scripts to fix passing arguments ([8d87a88](https://github.com/ibm-developer/generator-ibm-java/commit/8d87a88))
+
+
+
 <a name="5.8.0"></a>
 # [5.8.0](https://github.com/ibm-developer/generator-ibm-java/compare/v5.6.1...v5.8.0) (2018-03-27)
 
diff --git a/generator-java/package-lock.json b/generator-java/package-lock.json
index 31c56b95..d6a7f2f9 100644
--- a/generator-java/package-lock.json
+++ b/generator-java/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "generator-ibm-java",
-  "version": "5.8.0",
+  "version": "5.8.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/generator-java/package.json b/generator-java/package.json
index 73a164eb..8f7d69e9 100644
--- a/generator-java/package.json
+++ b/generator-java/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "generator-ibm-java",
-  "version": "5.8.0",
+  "version": "5.8.1",
   "description": "Java code generation and modification",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "main": "index.js",