diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 9f3b7e56a277..b61b52e2ebe6 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Weblate 5.8.1
 -------------
 
-Not yet released.
+Released on October 15th 2024.
 
 **Bug fixes**
 
diff --git a/docs/changes/contributors/5.8.1.rst b/docs/changes/contributors/5.8.1.rst
index aeede5502476..5c126f21d022 100644
--- a/docs/changes/contributors/5.8.1.rst
+++ b/docs/changes/contributors/5.8.1.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-..
-   scripts/prepare-release fills this
+
+Code contributions
+    Michal Čihař
+
+Documentation contributions
+    Michal Čihař
diff --git a/weblate/utils/version.py b/weblate/utils/version.py
index c5114ece325e..3c74afbc02c5 100644
--- a/weblate/utils/version.py
+++ b/weblate/utils/version.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def get_root_dir():
 
 
 # Weblate version
-VERSION = "5.8.1-dev"
+VERSION = "5.8.1"
 
 # Version string without suffix
 VERSION_BASE = VERSION.replace("-dev", "").replace("-rc", "")