diff --git a/eng/spotbugs-aggregate-report/pom.xml b/eng/spotbugs-aggregate-report/pom.xml
index 79b27c50ece98..b28ef27f6f87a 100644
--- a/eng/spotbugs-aggregate-report/pom.xml
+++ b/eng/spotbugs-aggregate-report/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
           <artifactId>azure-batch</artifactId>
-          <version>8.1.0-beta.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.microsoft.azure:azure-batch;current} -->
+          <version>8.1.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.microsoft.azure:azure-batch;current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
diff --git a/eng/versioning/version_data.txt b/eng/versioning/version_data.txt
index d24715e081dc8..f0f41ad8472cb 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/version_data.txt
+++ b/eng/versioning/version_data.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Note: com.azure:azure-sdk-parent is in version_client.txt
 
 com.azure:azure-data-sdk-parent;1.3.0;1.3.0
-com.microsoft.azure:azure-batch;8.0.0;8.1.0-beta.1
+com.microsoft.azure:azure-batch;8.1.0-beta.1;8.1.0
 com.microsoft.azure:azure-applicationinsights-query;1.0.0-beta-2;1.0.0-beta-2
 com.microsoft.azure.cognitiveservices:azure-cognitiveservices-spellcheck;1.1.0-beta.1;1.1.0-beta.1
 com.microsoft.azure.cognitiveservices:azure-cognitiveservices-textanalytics;1.1.0-beta.1;1.1.0-beta.1
diff --git a/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/CHANGELOG.md
index 5936ce205e363..1c31c07d3a541 100644
--- a/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 8.1.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
+## 8.1.0 (Unreleased)
+### Features
+- Adds support for task slots
+    - `JobOperations.getTaskSlotCounts()` returns task slot counts
+    - `JobOperations.getTaskResult()` returns a `TaskCountsResult` object containing both task and slot counts
 
+## 8.1.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
 
 ## 8.0.0 (2020-04-27)
 ### Features
diff --git a/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/pom.xml b/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/pom.xml
index ac737bea061bb..5aace967fae20 100644
--- a/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/batch/microsoft-azure-batch/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
   <artifactId>azure-batch</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>8.1.0-beta.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.microsoft.azure:azure-batch;current} -->
+  <version>8.1.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.microsoft.azure:azure-batch;current} -->
 
   <name>Microsoft Azure Batch SDK Root</name>
   <description>This package contains the root module of Microsoft Azure Batch SDK.</description>