diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d98425bb..3f6915e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ See [upgrade notes][1] for helpful information when upgrading from previous vers
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v2.8.1
+
+What's changed since v2.8.1:
+
+- Engineering:
+  - Bump PSRule to v2.8.1.
+    - See the [change log](https://microsoft.github.io/PSRule/v2/CHANGELOG-v2/#v281)
+
 ## v2.8.0
 
 What's changed since v2.7.0:
diff --git a/extension.config.js b/extension.config.js
index 735ff4d8..3b7357ce 100644
--- a/extension.config.js
+++ b/extension.config.js
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
         packagePath: "/ps-rule-assert/ps-rule-assertV2/version.json"
       },
       {
-        path: "out/dist/ps_modules/PSRule/2.8.0",
-        packagePath: "/ps-rule-assert/ps-rule-assertV2/ps_modules/PSRule/2.8.0"
+        path: "out/dist/ps_modules/PSRule/2.8.1",
+        packagePath: "/ps-rule-assert/ps-rule-assertV2/ps_modules/PSRule/2.8.1"
       },
       {
         path: "out/dist/ps_modules/VstsTaskSdk/0.11.0",
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index 57666f3b..6b25b53e 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "version": "2.2.5"
     },
     "PSRule": {
-      "version": "2.8.0"
+      "version": "2.8.1"
     },
     "VstsTaskSdk": {
       "version": "0.11.0"