final changes for 2.8.1

Author: momchil-flex

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.8.1] - 2025-03-20
+
 ### Added
 - New `LobeMeasurer` tool in the `microwave` plugin that locates lobes in antenna patterns and calculates lobe measures like half-power beamwidth and sidelobe level.
 - Validation step that raises a `ValueError` when no frequency-domain monitors are present, preventing invalid adjoint runs.
@@ -1544,7 +1546,8 @@ which fields are to be projected is now determined automatically based on the me
 - Job and Batch classes for better simulation handling (eventually to fully replace webapi functions).
 - A large number of small improvements and bug fixes.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.8.0...develop
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.8.1...develop
+[2.8.0]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1
 [2.8.0]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.7.9...v2.8.0
 [2.7.9]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.7.8...v2.7.9
 [2.7.8]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.7.7...v2.7.8

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "tidy3d"
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "2.8.1"
 description = "A fast FDTD solver"
 authors = ["Tyler Hughes <[email protected]>"]
 license = "LGPLv2+"
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ testpaths = ["tidy3d", "tests", "docs"]
 python_files = "*.py"
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "2.8.0"
+current_version = "2.8.1"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.