diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 32ac6588bfd..529b133fdee 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.0.0"
+  ".": "8.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cbe1c7ee290..ad9e0a27c74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.1.0](https://github.com/google/blockly/compare/blockly-v8.0.0...blockly-v8.1.0) (2022-04-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add margin around zoomToFit ([#6042](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6042)) ([a202558](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/a202558950ce9b06825447ec79bbe9960f451715))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add compose and decompose to block ([#6102](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6102)) ([619ee66](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/619ee66b23967b26b5a25225a640be7915a741c7))
+* component id should be on the prototype ([#6104](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6104)) ([172a8ce](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/172a8ce2127e3e945e2243c765b261e382691580))
+* dragging fails for collapsed blocks with Icons, which have been … ([#6081](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6081)) ([5240301](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/5240301611b51801d20d30b61cba69ef7bc08e8f))
+* Fix compilation errors under Closure's strict mode ([#6073](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6073)) ([edc2a5c](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/edc2a5cd0c717e521e8f98b2a3fb6bde061da241))
+* fix message loading from script tags ([#6060](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6060)) ([44edbb8](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/44edbb89c35e4d24144333bf504bf045fa639cce))
+* improve types in touch code ([#6099](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6099)) ([7c7cfbe](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/7c7cfbea63b6cc4a0f5d93687ef56c0686a3b1f2))
+* mutators disconnecting from children instead of moving them ([#6047](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6047)) ([493444c](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/493444c687eb01d2bd3d8064f23e66d1879c053c))
+* Silence Closure errors when modifying tooltips. ([#6098](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6098)) ([29b6b87](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/29b6b878dc621acd6e11c34aec2e3bce25bb2508))
+* type error in uneditable bubbles ([#6092](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6092)) ([7353c61](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/7353c61b2b7ee3b5e6b60b061e1414f29f01f596))
+* update extraState property in serializer typedefs ([#6057](https://github.com/google/blockly/issues/6057)) ([55cae6e](https://github.com/google/blockly/commit/55cae6ec857a5ead1cd5306095fbbe876d2618af))
+
 ## [8.0.0](https://github.com/google/blockly/compare/blockly-v7.20211209.0...blockly-v8.0.0) (2022-03-31)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7601512354f..3a59704d9cc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "blockly",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "blockly",
-      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "version": "8.1.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "jsdom": "15.2.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eae5e420f57..3098339cf54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "blockly",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "description": "Blockly is a library for building visual programming editors.",
   "keywords": [
     "blockly"