diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 63d9e66..9ec8231 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <title>Apache Commons Pool Release Notes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
-  <release version="2.8.0" date="2019-12-05" description="This is a maintenance release (Java 8).">
+  <release version="2.8.1" date="2019-MM-DD" description="This is a maintenance release (Java 8).">
     <action dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Prodigysov, Gary Gregory">
        [Javadoc] Add missing @throws comment in PoolUtils. #27.
     </action>