diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b91a0d3fa91d..8ab6d06dcdb0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
   "google-cloud-managed_kafka-schema_registry-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-managed_kafka-v1": "1.9.0",
   "google-cloud-managed_kafka-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-media_translation": "0.8.0",
+  "google-cloud-media_translation": "0.8.1",
   "google-cloud-media_translation+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-media_translation-v1beta1": "0.16.0",
   "google-cloud-media_translation-v1beta1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-media_translation/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-media_translation/CHANGELOG.md
index 363212165b5b..7db408e72d79 100644
--- a/google-cloud-media_translation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-media_translation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 0.8.1 (2026-08-05)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* generate double-wildcard path patterns with capture groups ([#35056](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/35056)) 
+#### Documentation
+
+* Update copyright year ([#35094](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/35094)) 
+
 ### 0.8.0 (2026-06-11)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-media_translation/lib/google/cloud/media_translation/version.rb b/google-cloud-media_translation/lib/google/cloud/media_translation/version.rb
index 84ca8d4a7e90..2c5793c61257 100644
--- a/google-cloud-media_translation/lib/google/cloud/media_translation/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-media_translation/lib/google/cloud/media_translation/version.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module MediaTranslation
-      VERSION = "0.8.0"
+      VERSION = "0.8.1"
     end
   end
 end