diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21aeaca..14c99cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 
 ### Removed
 
+## [0.8.1]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Implement `Default` for `kvm_xsave2`, which fixes usage of `Xsave`
+  unconditionally causing compile errors in downstream crates.
+
 ## [0.8.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6113db5..33dac97 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kvm-bindings"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = ["Amazon firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 description = "Rust FFI bindings to KVM generated using bindgen."
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/kvm-bindings"