diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 36621c91..5dd4d0a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+## 2.8.1
+
+- no more winservice (use nssm instead)
+- better imap support in DAL
+- db().select().as_tree()
+- bootstrap 2.3.2
+- codemirror 3.19
+- improved  mongoDB support, thanks Alan
+- suport for wiki custom render function
+- Wiki(...groups=['x','y']) allows bypassing default permissions
+- fixed websocket_messaging.py to support newer Tornado
+- NDB support for GAE, thanks Quint
+- fixed major concurrecy issue with MEMDB
+- blocked generic.jsonp for security reasons
+- many bug fixes, thanks Niphlod, Michele, Anthony, Tim, and many others.
+
 ## 2.7.1 - 2.7.4
 
 - jQuery 1.10.2
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b5c3b94..94537309 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ update:
 	echo "remember that pymysql was tweaked"
 src:
 	### Use semantic versioning
-	echo 'Version 2.7.4-stable+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
+	echo 'Version 2.8.1-stable+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
 	### rm -f all junk files
 	make clean
 	### clean up baisc apps
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dd3cbf0c..f4ed8b1b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.7.4-stable+timestamp.2013.11.27.11.59.18
+Version 2.8.1-stable+timestamp.2013.11.27.13.52.50