diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Changelog
+
+## [0.8.1](https://github.com/xmc-rs/xmc4700/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1) (2023-12-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** adding critical-section ([79b7d3d](https://github.com/xmc-rs/xmc4700/commit/79b7d3d0a0c9f201993f3d80d6e5df70cd90d2ed))
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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 [package]
 name = "xmc4700"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 description = "XMC peripheral library for XMC4700 generated from SVD"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = ["Lucas Brendel <lucasbrendel@gmail.com>"]