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+# 8.1.0
+
+The 8.1 release includes fixes for a few bugs in the 8.0 release and a couple new enhancements.  Nothing special is required when upgrading from 8.0.  See the [upgrade notes](./upgrade-notes.md) for details on upgrading from a 7.x release.
+
+#### List of all changes
+
+See below for a complete list of features and fixes.
+
+ * Change the style code in canvas-gradient-pattern.js  to the previous … (by @ragolodc in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15086)
+ * Fix invalid layer name (by @stadiamaps in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15088)
+ * Avoid Chrome/Edge deprecated feature warning (by @mike-000 in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15075)
+ * Accept a number or an array of numbers for icon scale (by @tschaub in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15074)
+ * Webgl / add styling options for lines: joins, caps, offset, dash (by @jahow in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15058)
+ * Add missing links to old version (by @MoonE in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15072)
+ * Recreate WebGL helper when context is lost and restored (by @puckipedia in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15066)
+ * Updates for the 8.0.0 release (by @openlayers in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15068)
+
+
+<details>
+  <summary>Dependency Updates</summary>
+
+ * Bump jquery from 3.7.0 to 3.7.1 (by @openlayers in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15082)
+ * Bump puppeteer from 21.1.0 to 21.1.1 (by @openlayers in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15081)
+ * Bump es-main from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 (by @openlayers in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15080)
+ * Bump @types/offscreencanvas from 2019.7.0 to 2019.7.1 (by @openlayers in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15079)
+ * Bump marked from 7.0.5 to 8.0.0 (by @openlayers in https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/15078)
+
+</details>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0fe9883a399..46cd90cd7a0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ol",
-  "version": "8.0.1-dev",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ol",
-      "version": "8.0.1-dev",
+      "version": "8.1.0",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "earcut": "^2.2.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4ab61e0e02..9f217f5e87d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ol",
-  "version": "8.0.1-dev",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "description": "OpenLayers mapping library",
   "keywords": [
     "map",