diff --git a/.bumpy/fix-git-push-auth.md b/.bumpy/fix-git-push-auth.md
deleted file mode 100644
index cebba62..0000000
--- a/.bumpy/fix-git-push-auth.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-'@varlock/bumpy': patch
----
-
-Fix git push auth in CI by using remote URL token embedding instead of extraheader approach, which doesn't work with actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.bumpy/fix-release-tags-and-notes.md b/.bumpy/fix-release-tags-and-notes.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 55a9229..0000000
--- a/.bumpy/fix-release-tags-and-notes.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-'@varlock/bumpy': patch
----
-
-Fix git tag push auth using http.extraheader; recover deleted bump files for GitHub release notes in post-merge publish flow
diff --git a/packages/bumpy/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/bumpy/CHANGELOG.md
index 43fca1f..8a67675 100644
--- a/packages/bumpy/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/bumpy/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.8.1
+
+<sub>2026-05-15</sub>
+
+- [#74](https://github.com/dmno-dev/bumpy/pull/74) - Fix git push auth in CI by using remote URL token embedding instead of extraheader approach, which doesn't work with actions/checkout@v6
+- [#73](https://github.com/dmno-dev/bumpy/pull/73) - Fix git tag push auth using http.extraheader; recover deleted bump files for GitHub release notes in post-merge publish flow
+
 ## 1.8.0
 
 <sub>2026-05-05</sub>
diff --git a/packages/bumpy/package.json b/packages/bumpy/package.json
index 966c0f6..352a188 100644
--- a/packages/bumpy/package.json
+++ b/packages/bumpy/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@varlock/bumpy",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.8.1",
   "description": "Modern monorepo versioning and changelog tool",
   "keywords": [
     "bump",