diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1b2e2a8..b5c9efc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -189,4 +189,4 @@ jobs:
           path: dist
       -
         name: Publish build to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.2
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.3
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58bd84e..0ea7c9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2024-12-17
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.12.2 to 1.12.3, fixing core metadata publishing issue
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2024-12-17
 
 ### Breaking Change
diff --git a/src/tika_client/__about__.py b/src/tika_client/__about__.py
index 9c90f17..c19d9d9 100644
--- a/src/tika_client/__about__.py
+++ b/src/tika_client/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present Trenton H <rda0128ou@mozmail.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"