Merge pull request #3574 from replicatedhq/laverya/replicated-sdk-181

replicated sdk 1.8.1

Author: laverya

docs/partials/replicated-sdk/_dependency-yaml.mdx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: replicated
   repository: oci://registry.replicated.com/library
-  version: 1.8.0
+  version: 1.8.1
 ```
 
 For the latest version information for the Replicated SDK, see the [replicated-sdk repository](https://github.com/replicatedhq/replicated-sdk/releases) in GitHub.

docs/release-notes/rn-replicated-sdk.md

@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ pagination_prev: null
 
 This topic contains release notes for the [Replicated SDK](/vendor/replicated-sdk-overview). The release notes list new features, improvements, bug fixes, known issues, and breaking changes. 
 
+## 1.8.1
+
+Released on October 8, 2025
+
+### Improvements {#improvements-1-8-1}
+* Updates Helm from v3.18.4 to v3.19.0.
+* Updates Kubernetes from v1.33.3 to v1.34.1.
+* Resolves vendor-portal empty namespace linter warnings for replicated-support-bundle.
+
 ## 1.8.0
 
 Released on August 12, 2025

docs/vendor/replicated-sdk-installing.mdx

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ To add the SDK Helm chart to a release for a Kubernetes manifest-based applicati
         name: replicated
         # for chartversion, enter the version of the
         # SDK Helm chart in the release
-        chartVersion: 1.8.0
+        chartVersion: 1.8.1
     ```
 
      As shown in the example above, the HelmChart custom resource requires the name and version of the SDK Helm chart that you added to the release: