diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3670f6ac7bd6fe31b05cfd90933a96a3b52d96d..2eaafd2e1a7f33c353e64fff004d546d1d33c759 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Version 1.81 (not yet released)
+# Version 1.81
 
 * Fixed regression issue from !120 on CiviCRM version 5.37
 
diff --git a/info.xml b/info.xml
index 4ce91378573da516bdb1a8e97389fd7d9b2f5337..677473ae6c7350c64c53e12527cb9a0240429145 100644
--- a/info.xml
+++ b/info.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <url desc="Licensing">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html</url>
   </urls>
   <releaseDate>2023-09-20</releaseDate>
-  <version>1.81-dev</version>
+  <version>1.81</version>
   <develStage>stable</develStage>
   <compatibility>
     <ver>5.37</ver>