diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 18e5090975..46db2c5e66 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"0.80.0"}
+{".":"0.81.0"}
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b15c34b50..2bff28b3fc 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.81.0](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/compare/v0.80.0...v0.81.0) (2025-01-09)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **dgeni,docs-utils:** the ToC types have been trimmed up to only have fields used
+
+### Features
+
+* **design:** tabs component UI updates ([#3403](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/issues/3403)) ([203f7e0](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/commit/203f7e04388f5e7b229137c28e44aea68df53e1a))
+* **dgeni,docs-utils:** add kind to documents ([#3396](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/issues/3396)) ([a26cde4](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/commit/a26cde40ac29ce4805d3393805a63739eaff7d74))
+* **dgeni,docs-utils:** extract out ToC type ([#3397](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/issues/3397)) ([0db48b5](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/commit/0db48b5e7b519c2ed90a8e22a2a5197460c876c6))
+* **docs-utils,dgeni:** pull examples out of content and store in doc ([#3389](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/issues/3389)) ([84a5def](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/commit/84a5def17246eacaf073da6503dacd10ed292f5f))
+* **docs-utils:** support component doc kinds in helper ([#3398](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/issues/3398)) ([bd26e3d](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/commit/bd26e3dca8473437be2f59bc269d56b54a0c701f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **dgeni:** incorrect generation of design ToC ([#3411](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/issues/3411)) ([cb8d631](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/commit/cb8d6310a138cc3df5695cc8c42bc1c0f5a74d55))
+* **docs-utils:** link computation missing for components ([#3410](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/issues/3410)) ([4f2eaca](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/commit/4f2eacae7b43dadefb4934614c1e619c19d181a6))
+
 ## [0.80.0](https://github.com/graycoreio/daffodil/compare/v0.79.0...v0.80.0) (2025-01-06)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bd59d68d59..b38dd67de4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@daffodil/daffodil",
-  "version": "0.80.0",
+  "version": "0.81.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@daffodil/daffodil",
-      "version": "0.80.0",
+      "version": "0.81.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@angular/animations": "^18.2.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03e6455b95..7b29d17106 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@daffodil/daffodil",
-  "version": "0.80.0",
+  "version": "0.81.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "release": "cd tools/release; gulp",