diff --git a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
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 # Changelog
+## [8.1.2](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/8.1.2) - Release Date: [2024-12-04]
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+### 🌀 Miscellaneous
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+- Convert all values of Kafka connector and topic config to string - [#544](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/544)
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 ## [8.1.1](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/8.1.1) - Release Date: [2024-12-02]
 
 ### 🐛 Fixes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dd70b508d..e117c4ddb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kpops"
-version = "8.1.1"
+version = "8.1.2"
 description = "KPOps is a tool to deploy Kafka pipelines to Kubernetes"
 authors = ["bakdata <opensource@bakdata.com>"]
 license = "MIT"