diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e4c55b6..64c836f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ The changelog for `MessageKit`. Also see the [releases](https://github.com/Messa
 ## Upcoming release
 ----------------
 
+## [Prerelease] 0.8.1
+### Added
+- Support for Swift 3.2 and Xcode 9
+
 ## [Prerelease] 0.8.0
+
+This release closes the [0.8 milestone](https://github.com/MessageKit/MessageKit/milestone/9?closed=1).
+
 ### Added
 - **Breaking Change** `MessageData` now supports `.photo(UIImage)`, `.location(CLLocation)`, `.video(file: URL, thumbnail: UIImage)` cases.
 - **Breaking Change** `MessageCollectionViewCell` is now generic over its `ContentView` constrained to `UIView`.
diff --git a/MessageKit.podspec b/MessageKit.podspec
index 0d44f45c..02db7826 100644
--- a/MessageKit.podspec
+++ b/MessageKit.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
    s.name = 'MessageKit'
-   s.version = '0.8.0'
+   s.version = '0.8.1'
    s.license = { :type => "MIT", :file => "LICENSE.md" }
 
    s.summary = 'An elegant messages UI library for iOS.'