diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 142d291c..98e91df4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,12 +4,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
-## [0.8.0] - 2023-08-24000
+
+## [0.8.1] - 2023-09-01
+
+### Added
+- Added opentelemetry to project dependencies.
+
+### Changed
+
+## [0.8.0] - 2023-08-24
 
 ### Added
 - Added opentelemetry to support observability.
 - Added an additional parameter to authentication methods to carry contextual information.
 
+### Changed
+
 ## [0.7.1] - 2023-08-09
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/kiota_abstractions/_version.py b/kiota_abstractions/_version.py
index f04d345a..0f3bfea3 100644
--- a/kiota_abstractions/_version.py
+++ b/kiota_abstractions/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION: str = "0.8.0"
+VERSION: str = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/kiota_abstractions/store/backing_store_factory_singleton.py b/kiota_abstractions/store/backing_store_factory_singleton.py
index b32efb17..052f251f 100644
--- a/kiota_abstractions/store/backing_store_factory_singleton.py
+++ b/kiota_abstractions/store/backing_store_factory_singleton.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 # See License in the project root for license information.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-from typing_extensions import Self
-
 from kiota_abstractions.store.backing_store_factory import BackingStoreFactory
 from kiota_abstractions.store.in_memory_backing_store_factory import InMemoryBackingStoreFactory
 
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         return cls.__instance
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_instance(cls) -> Self:
+    def get_instance(cls):
         """
         Returns the instance of the class.
         """
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ed5cfa27..86d21d0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ name = "microsoft-kiota-abstractions"
 authors = [{name = "Microsoft", email = "graphtooling+python@microsoft.com"}]
 dependencies = [
     "uritemplate >=4.1.1",
+    "opentelemetry-api >=1.19.0",
+    "opentelemetry-sdk >=1.19.0",
 ]
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 readme = "README.md"