diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index c848ceb16a..3b4b30eafa 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.8.1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/i18n/pom.xml b/i18n/pom.xml
index e9c9f3f0a4..cb8271f901 100644
--- a/i18n/pom.xml
+++ b/i18n/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.8.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>i18n</artifactId>
     <name>Internationalization files for Openfire</name>
diff --git a/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml b/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
index 71361cdacf..46d2227180 100644
--- a/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.8.1</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index fb3b8a4176..9c7688e2bd 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-    <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8.1</version>
     <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Openfire Plugins</name>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <plugin.name>${project.artifactId}</plugin.name>
 
         <!-- Versions -->
-        <openfire.version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</openfire.version>
+        <openfire.version>4.8.1</openfire.version>
         <!-- Note; the following jetty.version should be identical to the jetty.version in xmppserver/pom.xml -->
         <jetty.version>10.0.18</jetty.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0333e6cf6..3bdfc99cb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8.1</version>
     <name>Parent</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/starter/pom.xml b/starter/pom.xml
index 148cb06808..0785adeeed 100644
--- a/starter/pom.xml
+++ b/starter/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.8.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>starter</artifactId>
     <name>Starter for Openfire</name>
diff --git a/xmppserver/changelog.html b/xmppserver/changelog.html
index 49ee68b039..3e75b1c0c5 100644
--- a/xmppserver/changelog.html
+++ b/xmppserver/changelog.html
@@ -160,6 +160,47 @@ <h1>Openfire Changelog</h1>
     
     <div id="pageBody">
 
+<h2>4.8.1 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">March 2, 2024</span></h2>
+
+<h2>Improvement</h2>
+<ul>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2651">OF-2651</a>] - Give explict names to Netty's threads</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2788">OF-2788</a>] - Have distinct thread pools for each type of connection</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2791">OF-2791</a>] - Announce support for PubSub delete-item</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2798">OF-2798</a>] - Admin Console should warn end-user if plugin installation failed</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2800">OF-2800</a>] - Guard against a surplus of database connection errors being logged</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2802">OF-2802</a>] - Upgrade postgresql database driver for CVE-2024-1597</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>New Feature</h2>
+<ul>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-284">OF-284</a>] - Add service administration support</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Bug</h2>
+<ul>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2166">OF-2166</a>] - When deleting a user, remove it from transient MUC rooms</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2310">OF-2310</a>] - Cache data inconsistency: MUC</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2758">OF-2758</a>] - Deleting an admin user does not remove the name from \`admin.authorizedJIDs\`</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2768">OF-2768</a>] - Do not use default value for user's creation / last modified date</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2774">OF-2774</a>] - 4.8.0 not counting "whitespace ping" as session activity</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2775">OF-2775</a>] - RSS News Feed appears empty</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2777">OF-2777</a>] - Misbehaving Shared-With-Group option for Contact List sharing</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2778">OF-2778</a>] - Duplicate \(group\)chat messages are received</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2781">OF-2781</a>] - SerializableCache appears to be unusable \(ClassCastException on creation\)</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2782">OF-2782</a>] - SerializableCache instances do not get recreated on cluster switch</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2792">OF-2792</a>] - Cache-summary page shows wrong stats when using Clustering</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2795">OF-2795</a>] - Delete MUC-based authorization when deleting user</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2799">OF-2799</a>] - OccupantManager doesn't remove all items when clustering</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2805">OF-2805</a>] - Session details shows 'resource' column, but does not show resources</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2806">OF-2806</a>] - Routing Servers cache inconsistency doesn't list the missing items</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2807">OF-2807</a>] - Contact List \(Roster\) Sharing changes are not immediately applied</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2808">OF-2808</a>] - Stream Management Resume fails</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2809">OF-2809</a>] - Disabling client idle time breaks websockets</li>
+    <li>[<a href="https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2810">OF-2810</a>] - Resumed stream is no longer resumable</li>
+</ul>
+
+
 <h2>4.8.0 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">Jan 12, 2024</span></h2>
 
 <h2>Improvement</h2>
diff --git a/xmppserver/pom.xml b/xmppserver/pom.xml
index 0a8a638a28..57d2f7a5a2 100644
--- a/xmppserver/pom.xml
+++ b/xmppserver/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.8.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>xmppserver</artifactId>
     <name>Core XMPP Server</name>
diff --git a/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java b/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
index 51a8758639..d1a4c127ae 100644
--- a/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
+++ b/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class XMPPServerInfoImpl implements XMPPServerInfo {
 
     private final Date startDate;
 
-    public static final Version VERSION = new Version(4, 8, 1, Version.ReleaseStatus.Alpha, -1 );
+    public static final Version VERSION = new Version(4, 8, 1, Version.ReleaseStatus.Release, -1 );
 
     /**
      * Simple constructor