diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1c479f..5a80bbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ Possible log types:
 - `[docs]` for documentation changes.
 - `[chore]` for maintenance work.
 
+### [v1.8.1][v1.8.1] (2025-11-11)
+
+This patch release tweaks the enabled features for ureq, the library we use to
+perform HTTP requests when updating the cache. In particular, support for socks
+proxies is now enabled.
+
+#### Changes:
+
+- [added] Enable ureq's socks-proxy feature ([#451])
+
 ### [v1.8.0][v1.8.0] (2025-10-03)
 
 One year and one day have passed since tealdeer version 1.7.0 was released, so
@@ -562,6 +572,7 @@ Thanks!
 [v1.7.1]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1
 [v1.7.2]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/compare/v1.7.1...v1.7.2
 [v1.8.0]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/compare/v1.7.2...v1.8.0
+[v1.8.1]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1
 
 [i34]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/issues/34
 [i43]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/issues/43
@@ -667,3 +678,4 @@ Thanks!
 [#436]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/pull/436
 [#439]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/pull/439
 [#440]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/pull/440
+[#451]: https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/pull/451
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dbd9a3f..be9bd24 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tealdeer"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "app_dirs2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e9aff22..aa7ae49 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ name = "tealdeer"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer/"
 documentation = "https://tealdeer-rs.github.io/tealdeer/"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 include = ["/src/**/*", "/tests/**/*", "/Cargo.toml", "/README.md", "/LICENSE-*", "/screenshot.png", "completion/*"]
 rust-version = "1.85"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/docs/src/usage.txt b/docs/src/usage.txt
index 7618ac4..f7fcc46 100644
--- a/docs/src/usage.txt
+++ b/docs/src/usage.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-tealdeer 1.8.0: A fast TLDR client
+tealdeer 1.8.1: A fast TLDR client
 Danilo Bargen <mail@dbrgn.ch>, Niklas Mohrin <dev@niklasmohrin.de>
 
 Usage: tldr [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]...