diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b00f93c..1ec94b3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+## 0.8.1 (August 28, 2015)
+ * Add rbenv_action attribute to rbenv_ruby LWRP so to allow using rvm-download rbenv plugin to download ruby vs. installing ruby
+ * Fix the ability to install gems to a specific version of ruby
+ * Remove Chef version checks around use_inline_resources since we require Chef 12
+ * Use default_action method in the LWRPs
+ * Fix various rubocop warnings
+
 ## 0.8.0 (July 27, 2015)
- * Drop Chef versions prior to 12
+ * Drop support for Chef versions prior to 12
  * Add Arch linux support
  * Add Linux mint support
 
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 28cc2e8e..50447639 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 license          'Apache 2.0'
 description      'Manages rbenv and its installed rubies. Several LWRPs are also defined.'
 long_description "Please refer to README.md (it's long)."
-version          '0.8.0'
+version          '0.8.1'
 
 recommends 'ruby_build'       # if using the rbenv_ruby LWRP, ruby-build must be installed
 recommends 'java', '> 1.4.0'  # if using jruby, java is required on system