diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index aa257d67f..f9a0ce592 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-=== master
+=== 5.81.0 (2024-06-01)
+
+* Fix ignored block warnings in a couple plugin apply methods on Ruby 3.4 (jeremyevans)
 
 * Skip Ruby internal caller locations when searching for caller locations in caller_logging and provenance extensions (jeremyevans) 
 
diff --git a/doc/release_notes/5.81.0.txt b/doc/release_notes/5.81.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19cc2259c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release_notes/5.81.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+= New Features
+
+* A temporarily_release_connection Database extension has been added,
+  designed for multithreaded transactional testing.
+
+  This allows one thread to start a transaction, and then release
+  the connection back for usage by the connection pool, so that
+  other threads can operate on the connection object safely inside
+  the transaction.  This requires the connection pool be limited
+  to a single connection, to ensure that the released connection
+  can be reacquired.  It's not perfect, because if the connection
+  is disconnected and removed from the pool while temporarily
+  released, there is no way to handle that situation correctly.
+  Example:
+
+    DB.transaction(rollback: :always, auto_savepoint: true) do |conn|
+      DB.temporarily_release_connection(conn) do
+        # Other threads can operate on connection safely inside
+        # the transaction
+        yield
+      end
+    end
+
+= Other Improvements
+
+* In the caller_logging and provenance extensions, Ruby internal
+  caller locations are skipped when trying to locate the appropriate
+  caller line to include.
+
+* A couple ignored block warnings in plugin apply methods have been
+  fixed on Ruby 3.4.
diff --git a/lib/sequel/version.rb b/lib/sequel/version.rb
index 32d07b1e7..7cb20410b 100644
--- a/lib/sequel/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sequel/version.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Sequel
 
   # The minor version of Sequel.  Bumped for every non-patch level
   # release, generally around once a month.
-  MINOR = 80
+  MINOR = 81
 
   # The tiny version of Sequel.  Usually 0, only bumped for bugfix
   # releases that fix regressions from previous versions.