diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
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 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 2.8.1
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* 🐛 Fix Pendulum date time object to have correct typing. [#184](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-extra-types/pull/184) by [@07pepa](https://github.com/07pepa)
+
+### Types
+
+* ✨ Add parsing of pendulum_dt from unix time and non-strict parsing. [#185](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-extra-types/pull/185) by [@07pepa](https://github.com/07pepa)
+
 ## 2.8.0
 
 ### Refactor
diff --git a/pydantic_extra_types/__init__.py b/pydantic_extra_types/__init__.py
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.8.0'
+__version__ = '2.8.1'