diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7bdb5f61..adba5264 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+3.8.1
+=====
+March 16, 2017
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+* implement __le__/__ge__/__ne__ on some custom types (PYTHON-714)
+* Fix bug in eventlet and gevent reactors that could cause hangs (PYTHON-721)
+* Fix DecimalType regression (PYTHON-724)
+
 3.8.0
 =====
 
diff --git a/cassandra/__init__.py b/cassandra/__init__.py
index 4d5d3b48..edb99c60 100644
--- a/cassandra/__init__.py
+++ b/cassandra/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
 
 logging.getLogger('cassandra').addHandler(NullHandler())
 
-__version_info__ = (3, 8, 0, 'post0')
+__version_info__ = (3, 8, 1, 'post0')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))