diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7f036f8..2c0bcb55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Each new release typically also includes the latest modulesync defaults.
 These should not affect the functionality of the module.
 
+## [v8.1.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/tree/v8.1.0) (2024-03-08)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/compare/v8.0.0...v8.1.0)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Allow to install consul through local archive files [\#656](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/656) ([2fa](https://github.com/2fa))
+- use X-Consul-Token header instead of token query parameter [\#655](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/655) ([jardleex](https://github.com/jardleex))
+- Add support for GRPC check [\#648](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/648) ([wilfriedroset](https://github.com/wilfriedroset))
+
 ## [v8.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/tree/v8.0.0) (2023-10-31)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/compare/v7.3.1...v8.0.0)
@@ -118,7 +128,7 @@ These should not affect the functionality of the module.
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- enable ssl when protocol is https [\#577](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/577) ([SimonPe](https://github.com/SimonPe))
+- enable ssl when protocol is https [\#577](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/577) ([LadyNamedLaura](https://github.com/LadyNamedLaura))
 
 ## [v7.0.1](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/tree/v7.0.1) (2021-06-12)
 
@@ -525,7 +535,7 @@ These should not affect the functionality of the module.
 
 - Execution of 'unzip -o /var/lib/consul/archives/consul-0.7.4.zip' returned 1:  [\#332](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/332)
 - please specify json module version minimum [\#328](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/328)
-- Could not look up qualified variable '$::consul\_version' [\#327](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/327)
+- Could not look up qualified variable `$consul_version` [\#327](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/327)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
@@ -549,7 +559,7 @@ These should not affect the functionality of the module.
 - Fix idempotent issue within key\_value runs. [\#323](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/323) ([jrasell](https://github.com/jrasell))
 - Reduce travis matrix [\#322](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/322) ([solarkennedy](https://github.com/solarkennedy))
 - Bump default consul version. Improve FreeBSD support [\#319](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/319) ([olevole](https://github.com/olevole))
-- fix ::consul\_version fact lookup during installation [\#316](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/316) ([wstiern](https://github.com/wstiern))
+- Fix `consul_version` fact lookup during installation [\#316](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/316) ([wstiern](https://github.com/wstiern))
 
 ## [v2.1.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/tree/v2.1.0) (2017-01-12)
 
@@ -580,13 +590,13 @@ These should not affect the functionality of the module.
 - cant use latest consul version as parameter [\#305](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/305)
 - EC2 Join Support [\#302](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/302)
 - Consul user is created with login shell [\#293](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/293)
-- Validate and document all params that could be passed to ::consul [\#170](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/170)
+- Validate and document all params that could be passed to `consul` [\#170](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/issues/170)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
 - Add support of custom log\_file in sles and upstart init scripts [\#306](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/306) ([AlexLov](https://github.com/AlexLov))
 - More Systemd unit file improvements [\#304](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/304) ([amiryal](https://github.com/amiryal))
-- Check $::consul\_version more correctly [\#303](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/303) ([logic](https://github.com/logic))
+- Check `$consul_version` more correctly [\#303](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/303) ([logic](https://github.com/logic))
 - Cleanup Systemd unit file [\#301](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/301) ([amiryal](https://github.com/amiryal))
 - Fixing init service start/stop messages and locks [\#300](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/300) ([mrwulf](https://github.com/mrwulf))
 - Initial support for FreeBSD platform [\#299](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-consul/pull/299) ([olevole](https://github.com/olevole))
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 0b8d7672..17f3f12e 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "puppet-consul",
-  "version": "8.0.1-rc0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "author": "Vox Pupuli",
   "summary": "Configures Consul by Hashicorp",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",