diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 79e19634..79e667b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, PLEASE DO NOT EDIT.
 #
-# Generated on 2024-08-29T14:13:04Z by kres b5ca957.
+# Generated on 2024-10-08T16:19:09Z by kres 34e72ac.
 
 name: default
 concurrency:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       labels: ${{ steps.retrieve-pr-labels.outputs.result }}
     services:
       buildkitd:
-        image: moby/buildkit:v0.15.2
+        image: moby/buildkit:v0.16.0
         options: --privileged
         ports:
           - 1234:1234
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       - default
     services:
       buildkitd:
-        image: moby/buildkit:v0.15.2
+        image: moby/buildkit:v0.16.0
         options: --privileged
         ports:
           - 1234:1234
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml b/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml
index f3c67fe3..6e988ac4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, PLEASE DO NOT EDIT.
 #
-# Generated on 2024-08-29T14:13:04Z by kres b5ca957.
+# Generated on 2024-10-08T16:19:09Z by kres 34e72ac.
 
 name: weekly
 concurrency:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - pkgs
     services:
       buildkitd:
-        image: moby/buildkit:v0.15.2
+        image: moby/buildkit:v0.16.0
         options: --privileged
         ports:
           - 1234:1234
diff --git a/.kres.yaml b/.kres.yaml
index 688e2a38..4396ea15 100644
--- a/.kres.yaml
+++ b/.kres.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ spec:
       - name: EXTENSIONS_IMAGE_REF
         defaultValue: $(REGISTRY_AND_USERNAME)/extensions:$(TAG)
       - name: PKGS
-        defaultValue: v1.8.0-8-gdf1a1a5
+        defaultValue: v1.8.0-16-g71d23b4
       - name: PKGS_PREFIX
         defaultValue: ghcr.io/siderolabs
   useBldrPkgTagResolver: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7514c585..cec24bed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+## [Talos System Extensions 1.8.1](https://github.com/siderolabs/extensions/releases/tag/v1.8.1) (2024-10-08)
+
+Welcome to the v1.8.1 release of Talos System Extensions!
+
+See [Talos Linux documentation](https://www.talos.dev/v1.8/talos-guides/configuration/system-extensions/) for information on using system extensions.
+
+Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
+https://github.com/siderolabs/extensions/issues.
+
+### Contributors
+
+* Andrey Smirnov
+
+### Changes
+<details><summary>1 commit</summary>
+<p>
+
+* [`5fe0170`](https://github.com/siderolabs/extensions/commit/5fe0170b3cc73fed64ba165adb8e9e507b1f1556) release(v1.8.1): prepare release
+</p>
+</details>
+
+### Dependency Changes
+
+This release has no dependency changes
+
+Previous release can be found at [v1.8.0](https://github.com/siderolabs/extensions/releases/tag/v1.8.0)
+
 ## [Talos System Extensions 1.8.0](https://github.com/siderolabs/extensions/releases/tag/v1.8.0) (2024-09-23)
 
 Welcome to the v1.8.0 release of Talos System Extensions!
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1fc9456a..37a95dd9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, PLEASE DO NOT EDIT.
 #
-# Generated on 2024-09-23T12:40:47Z by kres 8be5fa7.
+# Generated on 2024-10-08T16:19:09Z by kres 34e72ac.
 
 # common variables
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ COMMON_ARGS += --build-arg=PKGS_PREFIX="$(PKGS_PREFIX)"
 # extra variables
 
 EXTENSIONS_IMAGE_REF ?= $(REGISTRY_AND_USERNAME)/extensions:$(TAG)
-PKGS ?= v1.8.0-8-gdf1a1a5
+PKGS ?= v1.8.0-16-g71d23b4
 PKGS_PREFIX ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs
 
 # targets defines all the available targets
diff --git a/hack/release.toml b/hack/release.toml
index f39b0712..6f9ee2e7 100644
--- a/hack/release.toml
+++ b/hack/release.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ github_repo = "siderolabs/extensions"
 match_deps = "^github.com/((talos-systems|siderolabs)/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)$"
 
 # previous release
-previous = "v1.7.0"
+previous = "v1.8.0"
 
 pre_release = false
 
@@ -15,66 +15,6 @@ See [Talos Linux documentation](https://www.talos.dev/v1.8/talos-guides/configur
 """
 
 [notes]
-    [notes.container-runtime-crun]
-        title = "CRUN Container Runtime"
-        description = """
-CRUN container runtime is now shipped as a Talos System Extension
-"""
-
-    [notes.container-runtime-gvisor]
-        title = "Gvisor Container Runtime"
-        description = """
-Gvisor now ships an additional runtime using `kvm` as the sandboxing mechanism.
-"""
-
-    [notes.intel-management-engine]
-        title = "Intel Management Engine"
-        description = """
-Intel Management Engine (IME) modules is now shipped as a Talos System Extension.
-"""
-
-    [notes.nvidia]
-        title = "NVIDIA Driver and Container Toolkit"
-        description = """
-The NVIDIA drivers and the container toolkits now ships an LTS and Production version as per https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/drivers/index.html#lifecycle.
-
-The new extensions are named below:
-
-* nvidia-container-toolkit-production
-* nvidia-container-toolkit-lts
-* nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules-production
-* nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules-lts
-* nonfree-kmod-nvidia-lts
-* nonfree-kmod-nvidia-production
-
-The extensions would ship the latest version of LTS/Production drivers available at the time of Talos release.
-
-Image Factory using an existing schematic id would upgrade the NVIDIA driver and container toolkit to the LTS version.
-
-If production version is required, the schematic id should be updated to the production version.
-"""
-
-[notes.updates]
-    title = "Component Updates"
-    description = """
-ZFS: 2.2.6
-DRBD: 9.2.11
-gasket: 5815ee3
-Tailscale: 1.70.0
-ecr-credential-provider: 1.31.0
-qemu-guest-agent: 9.1.0
-mdadm: 4.3
-Intel microcode: 20240910
-Linux firmware: 20240909
-Spin: 0.15.1
-Gvisor: 20240729.0
-Wasmedge: v0.4.0
-Kata Containers: 3.3.0
-NVIDIA container toolkit: v1.16.1
-iscsi-tools: v0.1.5
-vmtoolsd: v0.6.0
-util-linux-tools: 2.40.2
-"""
 
 
 [make_deps]