From 2c1c98cd66d41ff528bc10fac080d7998b6cfa71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Brauer <18744334+jordanbrauer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:03:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] release: 2.8.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 7 +++++++
 pyproject.toml                | 2 +-
 src/finch/_version.py         | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 64f9ff41..108509ed 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.8.0"
+  ".": "2.8.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8303331a..92af9209 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.8.1](https://github.com/Finch-API/finch-api-python/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2026-08-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **stainless:** prevent codegen release deadlock - PLAT-3989 ([aa31c82](https://github.com/Finch-API/finch-api-python/commit/aa31c82479e92c18ed623da689c444b4742a88d2))
+
 ## [2.8.0](https://github.com/Finch-API/finch-api-python/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) (2026-08-20)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 982bbdff..ed09214c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "finch-api"
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "2.8.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the Finch API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/finch/_version.py b/src/finch/_version.py
index f7202e9a..e4293337 100644
--- a/src/finch/_version.py
+++ b/src/finch/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "finch"
-__version__ = "2.8.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.8.1"  # x-release-please-version