diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index a829d9a86a..7868d6922a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -33,13 +33,8 @@ Notes:
 
 See the <<upgrade-to-v4>> guide.
 
-==== Unreleased
-
-[float]
-===== Breaking changes
-
-[float]
-===== Features
+[[release-notes-4.8.1]]
+==== 4.8.1 - 2024/11/04
 
 [float]
 ===== Bug fixes
@@ -47,9 +42,6 @@ See the <<upgrade-to-v4>> guide.
 * Fix AWS Lambda instrumentation to work with a "handler" string that includes
   a period (`.`) in the module path. E.g. the leading `.` in `Handler: ./src/functions/myfunc/handler.main`. ({issues}4293[#4293]).
 
-[float]
-===== Chores
-
 
 [[release-notes-4.8.0]]
 ==== 4.8.0 - 2024/10/08
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 235a21d26d..e6c225325f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "elastic-apm-node",
-  "version": "4.8.0",
+  "version": "4.8.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "elastic-apm-node",
-      "version": "4.8.0",
+      "version": "4.8.1",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@elastic/ecs-pino-format": "^1.5.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f8e792e99..9c5c39f8ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "elastic-apm-node",
-  "version": "4.8.0",
+  "version": "4.8.1",
   "description": "The official Elastic APM agent for Node.js",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "main": "index.js",