diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e061540..2b0af52e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [8.1.1](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/postcss-loader/compare/v8.1.0...v8.1.1) (2024-02-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* respect `default` when loading postcss esm configs ([52d8050](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/postcss-loader/commit/52d8050335ca803572e9cc9eae9583c2bb505612))
+
 ## [8.1.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/postcss-loader/compare/v8.0.0...v8.1.0) (2024-01-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 379be786..e1de3384 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "postcss-loader",
-  "version": "8.1.0",
+  "version": "8.1.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "postcss-loader",
-      "version": "8.1.0",
+      "version": "8.1.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "cosmiconfig": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82fae572..89293572 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "postcss-loader",
-  "version": "8.1.0",
+  "version": "8.1.1",
   "description": "PostCSS loader for webpack",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack-contrib/postcss-loader",