diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 867dfe8..edbf7c8 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 For changes prior to version 6.0.0, please see [`NEWS.old`](news.old).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [8.1.0][] - 2022-03-13
 
 ### New
 
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ For changes prior to version 6.0.0, please see [`NEWS.old`](news.old).
   constant (DB_SLAVE was renamed to DB_REPLICA). NOTE that the minimum
   required version of MediaWiki is now 1.28 (which is an obsolete version).
 
+[8.1.0]: https://github.com/bovender/LinkTitles/releases/tag/v8.1.0
 [8.0.1]: https://github.com/bovender/LinkTitles/releases/tag/v8.0.1
 [8.0.0]: https://github.com/bovender/LinkTitles/releases/tag/v8.0.0
 [7.0.0]: https://github.com/bovender/LinkTitles/releases/tag/v7.0.0
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 5f2df30..33c50d7 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         ],
         "type": "parserhook",
         "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkTitles",
-        "version": "8.0.1",
+        "version": "8.1.0",
         "license-name": "GPL-2.0+",
         "descriptionmsg": "linktitles-desc",
         "requires": {