diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba9eea7..fad782c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2025-06-16
+
 ### Added
 
 - `type` field to geoparquet writes ([#136](https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac-py/pull/136), <https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac/pull/736>)
@@ -237,7 +239,8 @@ Non-functional release to fix releasing from Github actions.
 
 Initial release.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac-py/compare/v0.8.0...main
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac-py/compare/v0.8.1...main
+[0.8.1]: https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac-py/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1
 [0.8.0]: https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac-py/compare/v0.7.2...v0.8.0
 [0.7.2]: https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac-py/compare/v0.7.1...v0.7.2
 [0.7.1]: https://github.com/stac-utils/rustac-py/compare/v0.7.0...v0.7.1
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 61e0c20..5a75e67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3505,7 +3505,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustac-py"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cargo-lock",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ee0a3bb..e7955d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustac-py"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ duckdb-bundled = ["stac-duckdb/bundled"]
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = "4.5.31"
-duckdb = { version = "1.2.2", features = ["serde_json"] }
+duckdb = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["serde_json"] }
 geoarrow-array = { git = "https://github.com/geoarrow/geoarrow-rs/", rev = "17bf33e4cf78b060afa08ca9560dc4efd73c2c76" }
 geojson = "0.24.1"
 pyo3 = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["extension-module"] }