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-    "id": "c200e9bd-0796-4b0d-bc0f-ee2cfe86a3c7",
-    "type": "bugfix",
-    "description": "Fixed an issue that would cause the HTTP Content-Length to be set to 0 if the stream body was not set.",
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+# Release v1.8.1
+
+### Smithy Go Module
+* **Bug Fix**: Fixed an issue that would cause the HTTP Content-Length to be set to 0 if the stream body was not set.
+  * Fixes [aws/aws-sdk-go-v2#1418](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/issues/1418)
+
 # Release v1.8.0
 
 ### Smithy Go Module
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+// Code generated by internal/repotools/cmd/updatemodulemeta DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package smithy
+
+// goModuleVersion is the tagged release for this module
+const goModuleVersion = "1.8.1"