diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e53ea4e..0c7b3e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.1] - 2026-07-12
+
+- Restore: the postgres empty mode also drops user-owned collations in
+  public; dumps containing CREATE COLLATION (e.g. OpenProject's ICU
+  collation versions_name) no longer abort the replay with 'collation
+  already exists'.
+- Maintenance: base image bumped from python 3.11-slim to 3.14-slim.
+
 ## [1.8.0] - 2026-07-11
 
 Swarm-aware backups and replayable restores.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 19dd8e2..815c391 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "backup-docker-to-local"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 description = "Backup Docker volumes to local with rsync and optional DB dumps."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"