diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 7f2c425cb..e2f11c5ba 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
 ## Unreleased
+
+## 8.1.0 (03/18/2023)
 ### Behavior changes
 * Compaction output file cutting logic now considers range tombstone start keys. For example, SST partitioner now may receive ParitionRequest for range tombstone start keys.
 * If the async_io ReadOption is specified for MultiGet or NewIterator on a platform that doesn't support IO uring, the option is ignored and synchronous IO is used.
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/version.h b/include/rocksdb/version.h
index 86cd84bce..f5ac3057c 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/version.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/version.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // NOTE: in 'main' development branch, this should be the *next*
 // minor or major version number planned for release.
 #define ROCKSDB_MAJOR 8
-#define ROCKSDB_MINOR 1
+#define ROCKSDB_MINOR 2
 #define ROCKSDB_PATCH 0
 
 // Do not use these. We made the mistake of declaring macros starting with
diff --git a/tools/check_format_compatible.sh b/tools/check_format_compatible.sh
index d73f7dcbb..19f3ca24d 100755
--- a/tools/check_format_compatible.sh
+++ b/tools/check_format_compatible.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EOF
 
 # To check for DB forward compatibility with loading options (old version
 # reading data from new), as well as backward compatibility
-declare -a db_forward_with_options_refs=("6.27.fb" "6.28.fb" "6.29.fb" "7.0.fb" "7.1.fb" "7.2.fb" "7.3.fb" "7.4.fb" "7.5.fb" "7.6.fb" "7.7.fb" "7.8.fb" "7.9.fb" "7.10.fb")
+declare -a db_forward_with_options_refs=("6.27.fb" "6.28.fb" "6.29.fb" "7.0.fb" "7.1.fb" "7.2.fb" "7.3.fb" "7.4.fb" "7.5.fb" "7.6.fb" "7.7.fb" "7.8.fb" "7.9.fb" "7.10.fb" "8.0.fb" "8.1.fb")
 # To check for DB forward compatibility without loading options (in addition
 # to the "with loading options" set), as well as backward compatibility
 declare -a db_forward_no_options_refs=() # N/A at the moment