From c050c64aa1c4efdcf57f3981d91b6796a1074e8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abderrahim Kitouni <abderrahim.kitouni@codethink.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:12:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: prepare for 2.8.1

---
 NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0730d794b..03a7f9b9d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+=================
+buildstream 2.8.1
+=================
+
+  o tar.py: Always use extraction filter (#2192)
+
+  o Fix soft workspace reset not persisting (#2116)
+
+  o Fixes for the source tests (#2189, #2187)
+
+  o Performance optimizations (#2172)
+
 =================
 buildstream 2.8.0
 =================