diff --git a/changes/1800.misc.rst b/changes/1800.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8edd7a8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1800.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated setuptools-scm from 8.0.4 to 8.1.0.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e1f4f2645..13b1038ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit == 3.7.1 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
     "pytest == 8.2.1",
     "pytest-xdist == 3.6.1",
-    "setuptools_scm == 8.0.4",
+    "setuptools_scm == 8.1.0",
     "tox == 4.15.0",
 ]
 docs = [