diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d52df1e5..fca5e31b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Benjamin Wuethrich   <benjamin@koho.ca>
 Benoit de Chezelles  <bew@users.noreply.github.com>
 Bernard Niset        <bernard.niset@gmail.com>
 Bhargava Mummadireddy <kishoreinvits@gmail.com>
+Binbin Qian          <qianbinbin@hotmail.com>
 Bradley Skaggs       <bskaggs@acm.org>
 Brahm Lower          <bplower@gmail.com>
 Brendan Macmillan    <melbourne.research@gmail.com>
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ Steven Ihde          <sihde@hamachi.us>
 Steven Maude         <StevenMaude@users.noreply.github.com>
 Steven Penny         <svnpenn@gmail.com>
 Thalia Archibald     <thalia@archibald.dev>
+TheOdd               <owenhines@protonmail.com>
 Thomas Bozeman th026106 <thomas.bozeman@digitalglobe.com>
 Thomas R. Hall       <trhall@trhall.org>
 Thomas Sibley        <tom@zulutango.org>
@@ -229,3 +231,4 @@ wellweek             <148746285+wellweek@users.noreply.github.com>
 wllm-rbnt            <william.robinet@conostix.com>
 zstadler             <zeev.stadler@gmail.com>
 наб                  <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>
+엄태용               <lg65438805@gmail.com>
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bbdd6304..8d7816e3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+# 1.8.1
+
+This is a patch release to fix security, performance, and build issues found in 1.8.0.
+Full commit log can be found at <https://github.com/jqlang/jq/compare/jq-1.8.0...jq-1.8.1>.
+
+## Security fixes
+
+- CVE-2025-49014: Fix heap use after free in `f_strftime`, `f_strflocaltime`.
+  @wader 499c91bca9d4d027833bc62787d1bb075c03680e
+- GHSA-f946-j5j2-4w5m: Fix stack overflow in `node_min_byte_len` of oniguruma.
+  @wader 5e159b34b179417e3e0404108190a2ac7d65611c
+
+## CLI changes
+
+- Fix assertion failure when syntax error happens at the end of the query. @itchyny #3350
+
+## Changes to existing functions
+
+- Fix portability of `strptime/1` especially for Windows. @itchyny #3342
+
+## Language changes
+
+- Revert the change of `reduce`/`foreach` state variable in 1.8.0 (#3205).
+  This change was reverted due to serious performance regression. @itchyny #3349
+
+## Documentation changes
+
+- Add LICENSE notice of NetBSD's `strptime()` to COPYING. @itchyny #3344
+
+## Build improvements
+
+- Fix build on old Mac with old sed. @qianbinbin #3336
+
 # 1.8.0
 
 We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.8.0.