diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0254a78aede3da..0a986966019a42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.8.0">6.8.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.8.1">6.8.1</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.8.0">6.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.7.0">6.7.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.6.0">6.6.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.5.0">6.5.0</a><br/>
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
index 35b66dfcc1a52d..40d151223a0e2c 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<a href="#6.8.1">6.8.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#6.8.0">6.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#6.7.0">6.7.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#6.6.0">6.6.0</a><br/>
@@ -34,6 +35,21 @@
 [Node.js Long Term Support plan](https://github.com/nodejs/LTS) starting in
 October 2016.
 
+<a id="6.8.1"></a>
+## 2016-10-14, Version 6.8.1 (Current), @evanlucas
+
+### Notable changes
+
+* **build**: Fix building with shared zlib. (Bradley T. Hughes) [#9077](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9077)
+* **stream**: Fix regression in `stream.Writable` subclass `instanceof` checks. (Anna Henningsen) [#9088](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9088)
+* **timers**: Fix regression where immediates that are cleared in the callback would never be called. (Brian White) [#9086](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9086)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`8d2206fe41`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8d2206fe41)] - **build**: add -DZLIB_CONST when building with --shared-zlib (Bradley T. Hughes) [#9077](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9077)
+* [[`8c4fab0a28`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c4fab0a28)] - **stream**: fix `Writable` subclass instanceof checks (Anna Henningsen) [#9088](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9088)
+* [[`7171bd6311`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7171bd6311)] - **timers**: fix regression with clearImmediate() (Brian White) [#9086](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9086)
+
 <a id="6.8.0"></a>
 ## 2016-10-12, Version 6.8.0 (Current), @Fishrock123
 
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 3b61bb69ca8ec3..1e5ff21511437b 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 8
 #define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)