diff --git a/mongo/CHANGELOG.md b/mongo/CHANGELOG.md
index 15da2e9041b6d..3c4eb005c7e78 100644
--- a/mongo/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/mongo/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## 8.1.0 / 2024-10-16
+
+***Added***:
+
+* Apply `timeoutMS` to integration connection to ensure client-side operation timeouts terminate the server processes. ([#18843](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/18843))
+
 ## 8.0.0 / 2024-10-04
 
 ***Removed***:
diff --git a/mongo/changelog.d/18843.added b/mongo/changelog.d/18843.added
deleted file mode 100644
index 1212a735f8451..0000000000000
--- a/mongo/changelog.d/18843.added
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Apply `timeoutMS` to integration connection to ensure client-side operation timeouts terminate the server processes.
diff --git a/mongo/datadog_checks/mongo/__about__.py b/mongo/datadog_checks/mongo/__about__.py
index 9025559f4a9cf..faa25ec6c5866 100644
--- a/mongo/datadog_checks/mongo/__about__.py
+++ b/mongo/datadog_checks/mongo/__about__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
 
-__version__ = '8.0.0'
+__version__ = '8.1.0'
diff --git a/requirements-agent-release.txt b/requirements-agent-release.txt
index 0eb78027eb371..50c585038707f 100644
--- a/requirements-agent-release.txt
+++ b/requirements-agent-release.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ datadog-marklogic==6.0.0
 datadog-mcache==6.0.0; sys_platform != 'win32'
 datadog-mesos-master==5.0.0; sys_platform != 'win32'
 datadog-mesos-slave==5.0.0; sys_platform != 'win32'
-datadog-mongo==8.0.0
+datadog-mongo==8.1.0
 datadog-mysql==14.0.0
 datadog-nagios==3.0.0
 datadog-network==5.0.0