diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18ad77b..d54d500 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 1.8.1 (2023-05-07)
+
+- Fixed bad deprecation warning with `highlighter`
+- Fixed incompatibility with Click 9.
+
 ## Version 1.8.0 (2023-04-30)
 
 - Add `--rich-config` and `--output` options to the `rich-click` CLI.
diff --git a/src/rich_click/__init__.py b/src/rich_click/__init__.py
index 56d2109..8e0d246 100644
--- a/src/rich_click/__init__.py
+++ b/src/rich_click/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 customisation required.
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.1"
 
 # Import the entire click API here.
 # We need to manually import these instead of `from click import *` to force