diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51e77977d3..e675b028da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+## 2.8.1 (2020-09-16)
+
 ### Bug fixes
 
 * [#345](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/issues/345): Fix error of `Rails/AfterCommitOverride` on `after_commit` with a lambda. ([@pocke][])
diff --git a/docs/antora.yml b/docs/antora.yml
index 34b6c248ba..b218a506f8 100644
--- a/docs/antora.yml
+++ b/docs/antora.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ name: rubocop-rails
 title: RuboCop Rails
 # We always provide version without patch here (e.g. 1.1),
 # as patch versions should not appear in the docs.
-version: master
+version: '2.8'
 nav:
   - modules/ROOT/nav.adoc
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/rails/version.rb b/lib/rubocop/rails/version.rb
index ad5c627ca7..5b183a2d69 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/rails/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/rails/version.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module RuboCop
   module Rails
     # This module holds the RuboCop Rails version information.
     module Version
-      STRING = '2.8.0'
+      STRING = '2.8.1'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/relnotes/v2.8.1.md b/relnotes/v2.8.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9b1a0aa55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/relnotes/v2.8.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+### Bug fixes
+
+* [#345](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/issues/345): Fix error of `Rails/AfterCommitOverride` on `after_commit` with a lambda. ([@pocke][])
+* [#349](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/pull/349): Fix errors of `Rails/UniqueValidationWithoutIndex`. ([@Tietew][])
+* [#338](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/issues/338): Fix a false positive for `Rails/IndexBy` and `Rails/IndexWith` when the `each_with_object` hash is used in the transformed key or value. ([@eugeneius][])
+* [#351](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/pull/351): Add `<>` operator to `Rails/WhereNot` cop. ([@Tietew][])
+* [#352](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/pull/352): Do not register offense if given a splatted hash. ([@dvandersluis][])
+* [#346](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/pull/346): Fix a false positive for `Rails/DynamicFindBy` when any of the arguments are splat argument. ([@koic][])
+* [#357](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop-rails/issues/357): Fix a false positive for `Rails/ReversibleMigration` when keyword arguments of `change_column_default` are in the order of `to`, `from`. ([@koic][])
+
+[@pocke]: https://github.com/pocke
+[@Tietew]: https://github.com/Tietew
+[@eugeneius]: https://github.com/eugeneius
+[@dvandersluis]: https://github.com/dvandersluis
+[@koic]: https://github.com/koic