diff --git a/crates/apollo-parser/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/apollo-parser/CHANGELOG.md
index 088d3c286..070ad5de5 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-parser/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/apollo-parser/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ## Maintenance
 
 ## Documentation -->
+# [0.8.1](https://crates.io/crates/apollo-parser/0.8.1) - 2024-08-20
+
+## Features
+- **make `SyntaxToken` a publicly accessible API - [g-plane], [pull/894]**
+
+This makes it easier for pretty-printers, linters and the like to work with the
+parser API.
+
+[g-plane]: https://github.com/g-plane
+[pull/894]: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-rs/pull/894
 
 # [0.8.0](https://crates.io/crates/apollo-parser/0.8.0) - 2024-07-30
 
diff --git a/crates/apollo-parser/Cargo.toml b/crates/apollo-parser/Cargo.toml
index 0e8325c11..34c4b1c88 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apollo-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "apollo-parser"
-version = "0.8.0" # When bumping, also update README.md
+version = "0.8.1" # When bumping, also update README.md
 authors = ["Irina Shestak <shestak.irina@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-rs"
diff --git a/crates/apollo-parser/README.md b/crates/apollo-parser/README.md
index b661a07d8..5fae79163 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-parser/README.md
+++ b/crates/apollo-parser/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Or add this to your `Cargo.toml` for a manual installation:
 ```toml
 # Just an example, change to the necessary package version.
 [dependencies]
-apollo-parser = "0.8.0"
+apollo-parser = "0.8.1"
 ```
 
 ## Rust versions