diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 97c155f55..971a73d0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Avoid indexing unsaved field content on `save(update_fields=[...])` operations (Matt Westcott)
 
 
-1.8.1 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
+1.8.1 (26.01.2017)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  * Fix: Reduced `Rendition.focal_point_key` field length to prevent migration failure when upgrading to Wagtail 1.8 on MySQL with `utf8` character encoding (Andy Chosak, Matt Westcott)
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.1.rst b/docs/releases/1.8.1.rst
index 0d4485250..a0780b8ea 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.1.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-============================================
-Wagtail 1.8.1 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT
-============================================
+===========================
+Wagtail 1.8.1 release notes
+===========================
 
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