diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c4f464fb8..eecc89b5b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Version 8.1.1
 -------------
 
-Unreleased
+Released 2022-03-30
 
 -   Fix an issue with decorator typing that caused type checking to
     report that a command was not callable. :issue:`2227`
diff --git a/src/click/__init__.py b/src/click/__init__.py
index f2813b8e6..3e8ca4f02 100644
--- a/src/click/__init__.py
+++ b/src/click/__init__.py
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@
 from .utils import get_text_stream as get_text_stream
 from .utils import open_file as open_file
 
-__version__ = "8.1.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "8.1.1"