diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index 09d27f3d1..5425f9329 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ Source code is also available at: https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-conne
 
 # Release Notes
 
-- v2.9.0(Unreleased)
+- v2.8.1(October 30,2022)
 
-  - Enhanced the atomicity of write_pandas when overwrite is set to True
+   - Bumped cryptography dependency from <37.0.0 to <39.0.0
+   - Fixed a bug where write_pandas wouldn't write an empty DataFrame to Snowflake
+   - When closing connection async query status checking is now parallelized
+   - Fixed a bug where test logging would be enabled on Jenkins workers in non-Snowflake Jenkins machines
+   - Enhanced the atomicity of write_pandas when overwrite is set to True
 
 - v2.8.0(September 27,2022)
 
diff --git a/src/snowflake/connector/version.py b/src/snowflake/connector/version.py
index e078afa07..58c0c220e 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/connector/version.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/connector/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Update this for the versions
 # Don't change the forth version number from None
-VERSION = (2, 8, 0, None)
+VERSION = (2, 8, 1, None)
diff --git a/tested_requirements/requirements_310.reqs b/tested_requirements/requirements_310.reqs
index 69289b65e..ac7afd258 100644
--- a/tested_requirements/requirements_310.reqs
+++ b/tested_requirements/requirements_310.reqs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-# Generated on: Python 3.10.6
+# Generated on: Python 3.10.8
 asn1crypto==1.5.1
-certifi==2022.9.14
+certifi==2022.9.24
 cffi==1.15.1
 charset-normalizer==2.1.1
-cryptography==36.0.2
+cryptography==38.0.1
 filelock==3.8.0
 idna==3.4
 oscrypto==1.3.0
 pycparser==2.21
 pycryptodomex==3.15.0
-PyJWT==2.5.0
-pyOpenSSL==22.0.0
-pytz==2022.2.1
+PyJWT==2.6.0
+pyOpenSSL==22.1.0
+pytz==2022.5
 requests==2.28.1
-typing_extensions==4.3.0
+typing_extensions==4.4.0
 urllib3==1.26.12
-snowflake-connector-python==2.8.0
+snowflake-connector-python==2.8.1
diff --git a/tested_requirements/requirements_37.reqs b/tested_requirements/requirements_37.reqs
index 2e3ae77dd..d9346a35a 100644
--- a/tested_requirements/requirements_37.reqs
+++ b/tested_requirements/requirements_37.reqs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-# Generated on: Python 3.7.13
+# Generated on: Python 3.7.15
 asn1crypto==1.5.1
-certifi==2022.9.14
+certifi==2022.9.24
 cffi==1.15.1
 charset-normalizer==2.1.1
-cryptography==36.0.2
+cryptography==38.0.1
 filelock==3.8.0
 idna==3.4
 oscrypto==1.3.0
 pycparser==2.21
 pycryptodomex==3.15.0
-PyJWT==2.5.0
-pyOpenSSL==22.0.0
-pytz==2022.2.1
+PyJWT==2.6.0
+pyOpenSSL==22.1.0
+pytz==2022.5
 requests==2.28.1
-typing_extensions==4.3.0
+typing_extensions==4.4.0
 urllib3==1.26.12
-snowflake-connector-python==2.8.0
+snowflake-connector-python==2.8.1
diff --git a/tested_requirements/requirements_38.reqs b/tested_requirements/requirements_38.reqs
index 5c323dac4..f9caadcce 100644
--- a/tested_requirements/requirements_38.reqs
+++ b/tested_requirements/requirements_38.reqs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-# Generated on: Python 3.8.13
+# Generated on: Python 3.8.14
 asn1crypto==1.5.1
-certifi==2022.9.14
+certifi==2022.9.24
 cffi==1.15.1
 charset-normalizer==2.1.1
-cryptography==36.0.2
+cryptography==38.0.1
 filelock==3.8.0
 idna==3.4
 oscrypto==1.3.0
 pycparser==2.21
 pycryptodomex==3.15.0
-PyJWT==2.5.0
-pyOpenSSL==22.0.0
-pytz==2022.2.1
+PyJWT==2.6.0
+pyOpenSSL==22.1.0
+pytz==2022.5
 requests==2.28.1
-typing_extensions==4.3.0
+typing_extensions==4.4.0
 urllib3==1.26.12
-snowflake-connector-python==2.8.0
+snowflake-connector-python==2.8.1
diff --git a/tested_requirements/requirements_39.reqs b/tested_requirements/requirements_39.reqs
index d99e7960e..fe7b6ca42 100644
--- a/tested_requirements/requirements_39.reqs
+++ b/tested_requirements/requirements_39.reqs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-# Generated on: Python 3.9.13
+# Generated on: Python 3.9.15
 asn1crypto==1.5.1
-certifi==2022.9.14
+certifi==2022.9.24
 cffi==1.15.1
 charset-normalizer==2.1.1
-cryptography==36.0.2
+cryptography==38.0.1
 filelock==3.8.0
 idna==3.4
 oscrypto==1.3.0
 pycparser==2.21
 pycryptodomex==3.15.0
-PyJWT==2.5.0
-pyOpenSSL==22.0.0
-pytz==2022.2.1
+PyJWT==2.6.0
+pyOpenSSL==22.1.0
+pytz==2022.5
 requests==2.28.1
-typing_extensions==4.3.0
+typing_extensions==4.4.0
 urllib3==1.26.12
-snowflake-connector-python==2.8.0
+snowflake-connector-python==2.8.1