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@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+1.8.1 (2023-04-21)
+==================
+This is a patch release that fixes a bug where a regex match could be reported
+where none was found. Specifically, the bug occurs when a pattern contains some
+literal prefixes that could be extracted _and_ an optional word boundary in the
+prefix.
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* [BUG #981](https://github.com/rust-lang/regex/issues/981):
+Fix a bug where a word boundary could interact with prefix literal
+optimizations and lead to a false positive match.
+
+
 1.8.0 (2023-04-20)
 ==================
 This is a sizeable release that will be soon followed by another sizeable
@@ -119,7 +133,6 @@ Fix `\p{Lc}` so that it is equivalent to `\p{Cased_Letter}`.
 Clarify documentation for `\pX` syntax.
 
 
-
 1.7.3 (2023-03-24)
 ==================
 This is a small release that fixes a bug in `Regex::shortest_match_at` that