diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 860a8548c9a8..841b543576d1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "ai": "0.8.2",
   "aiplatform": "1.68.0",
-  "auth": "0.8.0",
+  "auth": "0.8.1",
   "auth/oauth2adapt": "0.2.4",
   "bigquery": "1.62.0",
   "bigtable": "1.29.0",
diff --git a/auth/CHANGES.md b/auth/CHANGES.md
index ae8b3e02ea6e..044735c96df8 100644
--- a/auth/CHANGES.md
+++ b/auth/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/auth/v0.8.0...auth/v0.8.1) (2024-08-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **auth:** Make default client creation more lenient ([#10669](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10669)) ([1afb9ee](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/1afb9ee1ee9de9810722800018133304a0ca34d1)), refs [#10638](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10638)
+
 ## [0.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/auth/v0.7.3...auth/v0.8.0) (2024-08-07)