diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a258d19..8d837f0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include(CheckSymbolExists)
 
 project(waveform)
 
-set(WAVEFORM_VERSION "1.8.0")
+set(WAVEFORM_VERSION "1.8.1")
 
 # default to release build
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 1fad7c0..e01e194 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-## Changes in 1.8.0
-- Add 'Range' (tricolor dB range) render mode (#56 thanks to @filiphanes)
-- Add power-of-sine windows (#58)
-- Add 'Time Variant EMA' temporal smoothing method (#58, decouples smoothing from framerate)
-- Add Cubic interpolation method (now default)
-- Add option to adjust audio sync
-- Increase 'FFT Size' limit to 65536 (#58, requires 'Enable Large FFT Sizes' to be checked)
-- Update Chinese translation (#51, #61 thanks to @GodGun968)
-- Rename 'Gravity' setting to 'Inertia'
+## Changes in 1.8.1
+- Update Chinese translations (#66 thanks to @KaiLee2588)
+- Update Italian translation (thanks to Peppe73)
+- Fix build issues on certain platforms
 
 ## Installation
 ### Windows