From 1afff51f2ba2a4e7659a571deafd86b5f4dcc6c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "runpod-release-please-bot[bot]"
 <228772213+runpod-release-please-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:34:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release 1.8.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 7 +++++++
 pyproject.toml                | 2 +-
 src/runpod_flash/__init__.py  | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 099626f4..7840fde9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.8.0"
+  ".": "1.8.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6b9d9ad..4c79d54e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.1](https://github.com/runpod/flash/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1) (2026-03-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **build:** remove numpy from dependency blacklist, rename to SIZE_PROHIBITIVE_PACKAGES ([#263](https://github.com/runpod/flash/issues/263)) ([65fde9d](https://github.com/runpod/flash/commit/65fde9da8bfaef0cb7db7b8bbe1b11d271448c94))
+
 ## [1.8.0](https://github.com/runpod/flash/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0) (2026-03-09)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a13fa39..593edbdf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "runpod-flash"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 description = "A Python library for distributed inference and serving of machine learning models"
 authors = [
     { name = "Runpod", email = "engineer@runpod.io" },
diff --git a/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py b/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py
index 70a55c0d..b5943ac7 100644
--- a/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py
+++ b/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.8.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.8.1"  # x-release-please-version
 
 # Load .env vars from file before everything else
 from dotenv import load_dotenv