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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 09:57:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release v8.1.0 (#1526)

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---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 README.md                     |  2 +-
 package.json                  |  3 +--
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 32ac6588b..529b133fd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.0.0"
+  ".": "8.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70c056091..3a73b3824 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # node-addon-api Changelog
 
+## [8.1.0](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/compare/node-addon-api-v8.0.0...node-addon-api-v8.1.0) (2024-07-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Expose version property in public API ([#1479](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/issues/1479)) ([23bb42b](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/commit/23bb42b5e47630c9082dddbabea555626571926e))
+* improve messages on CheckCast ([#1507](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/issues/1507)) ([bf49519](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/commit/bf49519a4ce08ee5320327c9a0199cd89d5b87b3))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix compilation for Visual Studio 2022 ([#1492](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/issues/1492)) ([e011720](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/commit/e011720010af26ed66638ceac822e5f1c5e43cde))
+* restore ability to run under NAPI_EXPERIMENTAL ([#1409](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/issues/1409)) ([40bcb09](https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/commit/40bcb09e6b82e7a1164cb3de56cb503d9b5a3d37))
+
 ## 2024-03-01 Version 8.0.0, @legendecas
 
 ### Notable changes
@@ -1198,5 +1212,3 @@ yet backported in the previous Node.js version.
 * [0a899bf1c5] - doc: update indication of latest version (Michael Dawson) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/211
 * [17c74e5a5e] - n-api: RangeError in napi_create_dataview() (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/214
 * [4058a29989] - n-api: fix memory leak in napi_async_destroy() (Jinho Bang) https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/pull/213
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97f50ef24..211cc3b75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and exception handling semantics with low overhead.
 API references are available in the [doc](doc/README.md) directory.
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
-## Current version: 8.0.0
+## Current version: 8.1.0
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
 (See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for complete Changelog)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e63fee833..a809d36bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@
     {
       "name": "Vladimir Morozov",
       "url": "https://github.com/vmoroz"
-
     },
     {
       "name": "WenheLI",
@@ -479,7 +478,7 @@
     "lint:fix": "node tools/clang-format --fix && node tools/eslint-format --fix"
   },
   "pre-commit": "lint",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "support": true,
   "engines": {
     "node": "^18 || ^20 || >= 21"