diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9472fcc2..06fbeea6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2.8.1 (Ellipse) - December 2nd, 2015
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+For a complete list of changes run:
+    git log 81afaa9..5986f1e
+
+* Fixed bug where all icons were broken in Safari (https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/issues/29)
+* Use getIntersectionList when available (https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/issues/36)
+* Switched to https for all urls (https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/issues/31)
+* Updated translations for "page" and "delete" in 57 locales.
+* Minor administrative updates (docs/, README.md, author emails)
+
 2.8 (Ellipse) - November 24th, 2015
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 For a complete list of changes run:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8e3dff7..b61ae5a2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 NAME=svg-edit
-VERSION=2.8
+VERSION=2.8.1
 PACKAGE=$(NAME)-$(VERSION)
 MAKEDOCS=naturaldocs/NaturalDocs
 CLOSURE=build/tools/closure-compiler.jar