diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f2c6c3b0a02ea7a3a547809b34fa48ad800801da..251dbf50115ca99f9f181c2716af32d8334b4254 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+=======
+1.8.1 RELEASE (2023/11)
+Improvements and enhancements
+        - Enhancement of the Dockerfiles for testing and reference-installation
+          - Docker Compose introduced ./docker-compose*.yml 
+
+        - Fixed broken Menubar
+
+	- Updated arrangement of the buttons in the rules table view; fix sorting of entries in table default by name again; dont reset paging on reload
+
+        - Reenable possibility to set expire date when creating a rule via REST API
+
+	- Apply check sync also for out-of-sync-rules
+
+	- Bugfixes required for newer Django version
+
 =======
 1.8.0 RELEASE (2023/05)
 Improvements and enhancements
diff --git a/_version.py b/_version.py
index 9632522b2284b3aa25e54cdcd532700902ec81ae..5f1f864f974daae2330d22721f0b15da4a1b6c7e 100644
--- a/_version.py
+++ b/_version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #VERSION = '1.5'
-VERSION = '1.8.0'
+#VERSION = '1.8.0'
+VERSION = '1.8.1'
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION)