diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 38cb4034b531..78bce38c1668 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
   "google-cloud-service_usage-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-shell": "1.7.0",
   "google-cloud-shell+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-shell-v1": "1.8.0",
+  "google-cloud-shell-v1": "1.8.1",
   "google-cloud-shell-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1": "1.14.0",
   "google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-shell-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-shell-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index a10821178601..b2192c55e66c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-shell-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-shell-v1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 1.8.1 (2026-08-04)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* generate double-wildcard path patterns with capture groups ([#35062](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/35062)) 
+
 ### 1.8.0 (2026-06-11)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-shell-v1/lib/google/cloud/shell/v1/version.rb b/google-cloud-shell-v1/lib/google/cloud/shell/v1/version.rb
index 3d60ff8da349..9afbdb4a6156 100644
--- a/google-cloud-shell-v1/lib/google/cloud/shell/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-shell-v1/lib/google/cloud/shell/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Shell
       module V1
-        VERSION = "1.8.0"
+        VERSION = "1.8.1"
       end
     end
   end