diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f30afa07c..b1efc0189 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CocoaPods Core Changelog
 
-## Master
+## 1.8.1 (2019-09-27)
 
 ##### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index acf3edcfe..0e1f9e165 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ GIT
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    cocoapods-core (1.8.0)
+    cocoapods-core (1.8.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.0.2, < 6)
       algoliasearch (~> 1.0)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.1)
       fuzzy_match (~> 2.0.4)
       nap (~> 1.0)
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GEM
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
     addressable (2.6.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
-    algoliasearch (1.27.0)
+    algoliasearch (1.27.1)
       httpclient (~> 2.8, >= 2.8.3)
       json (>= 1.5.1)
     ast (2.3.0)
diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-core/gem_version.rb b/lib/cocoapods-core/gem_version.rb
index b91617be0..7d0de8581 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-core/gem_version.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-core/gem_version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Pod
   # The version of the cocoapods-core.
   #
-  CORE_VERSION = '1.8.0'.freeze unless defined? Pod::CORE_VERSION
+  CORE_VERSION = '1.8.1'.freeze unless defined? Pod::CORE_VERSION
 end