diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a762683..7dfcb226 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 This changelog documents the changes between release versions.
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.8.1] - 2025-06-04
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Include TLS root certificates in docker images to fix connections to otel collectors ([#167](https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/pull/167))
+
+#### Root certificates
+
+Connections to MongoDB use the Rust MongoDB driver, which uses rust-tls, which bundles its own root certificate store.
+So there was no problem connecting to MongoDB over TLS. But the connector's OpenTelemetry library uses openssl instead
+of rust-tls, and openssl requires a separate certificate store to be installed. So this release fixes connections to
+OpenTelemetry collectors over https.
+
 ## [1.8.0] - 2025-04-25
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 78cd54dc..6ffb54b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ checksum = "97af0562545a7d7f3d9222fcf909963bec36dcb502afaacab98c6ffac8da47ce"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "configuration"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-tempfile",
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "integration-tests"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_json",
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-agent-common"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-cli-plugin"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-tempfile",
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-connector"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongodb-support"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "enum-iterator",
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ndc-query-plan"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "derivative",
@@ -2128,7 +2128,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ndc-test-helpers"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.2.6",
  "itertools",
@@ -3401,7 +3401,7 @@ checksum = "3369f5ac52d5eb6ab48c6b4ffdc8efbcad6b89c765749064ba298f2c68a16a76"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "test-helpers"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "configuration",
  "enum-iterator",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 68864c12..39628f9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 
 [workspace]
 members = [