diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 64f3cdd6..02f17d9d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.0"
+  ".": "0.8.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42939b63..e23993f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Latest Release
 
+## [0.8.1](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/compare/0.8.0...0.8.1) (2026-01-27)
+
+
+### Fixed
+
+* improve node module installation fallback logic ([#107](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/issues/107)) ([c400732](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/commit/c400732d5dfec183adc7fde9e42ad6b99f573f0e))
+
 ## [0.8.0](https://github.com/OpenForgeProject/mageforge/compare/0.7.0...0.8.0) (2026-01-23)
 
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9732b98d..d4f7e094 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "openforgeproject/mageforge",
   "description": "Magento 2 module for frontend wizardry~",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.8.1",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "type": "magento2-module",
   "autoload": {