diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc1c2e359..24d5b87e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
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+## v1.8.1-rc.1 (2024-10-15)
+
+### Fix
+
+* Amending Non contentful runs to no longer require jsonnet package and construct those files with Json instead ([#390](https://github.com/ONSdigital/sml-catalogue/issues/390)) ([`ba9b61d`](https://github.com/ONSdigital/sml-catalogue/commit/ba9b61d9000a2717482e040fd2cb7168c609c49b))
+
 ## v1.8.0 (2024-10-15)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b75133c1f..dd8886df9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "sml-catalogue"
-version = "1.8.0-rc.5"
+version = "1.8.1-rc.1"
 description = "This repo contains the build environment and code to generate and upload the Statistical Methods Library (SML) Portal Web Application."
 authors = []
 readme = "README.md"