diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index 38c001cb890..fb1d29f20d3 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Lucene Change Log
 For more information on past and future Lucene versions, please see:
 http://s.apache.org/luceneversions
 
-
 ======================= Lucene 8.1.0 =======================
 
 Improvements
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/Version.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/Version.java
index 064131c219f..ddc0525998b 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/Version.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/Version.java
@@ -119,11 +119,18 @@ public final class Version {
 
   /**
    * Match settings and bugs in Lucene's 8.0.0 release.
+   * @deprecated (8.1.0) Use latest
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public static final Version LUCENE_8_0_0 = new Version(8, 0, 0);
+
+  /**
+   * Match settings and bugs in Lucene's 8.1.0 release.
    * <p>
    * Use this to get the latest &amp; greatest settings, bug
    * fixes, etc, for Lucene.
    */
-  public static final Version LUCENE_8_0_0 = new Version(8, 0, 0);
+  public static final Version LUCENE_8_1_0 = new Version(8, 1, 0);
 
   // To add a new version:
   //  * Only add above this comment
@@ -144,7 +151,7 @@ public final class Version {
    * some defaults may have changed and may break functionality 
    * in your application.
    */
-  public static final Version LATEST = LUCENE_8_0_0;
+  public static final Version LATEST = LUCENE_8_1_0;
 
   /**
    * Constant for backwards compatibility.
diff --git a/lucene/version.properties b/lucene/version.properties
index 98380f4e739..7e6f2d8a2c7 100644
--- a/lucene/version.properties
+++ b/lucene/version.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # RELEASE MANAGER must change this file after creating a release and
 # enter new base version (format "x.y.z", no prefix/appendix): 
-version.base=8.0.0
+version.base=8.1.0
 
 # Other version property defaults, don't change:
 version.suffix=SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 8cc064c61d0..5642e26bd63 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/atom/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/atom/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 5cf00d90d49..e3e51a8a0d8 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/atom/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/atom/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
     affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <lib dir="${solr.install.dir:../../../..}/dist/" regex="solr-dataimporthandler-.*\.jar"/>
 
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 5311589bbff..dd4c412c4b0 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml
index b6858ee9e97..3a0ba6a651b 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index c7532b3f985..9704851283b 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/tika/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/tika/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 0e863856e6c..3371b08d67f 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/tika/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/tika/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
    that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
    affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- Load Data Import Handler and Apache Tika (extraction) libraries -->
   <lib dir="${solr.install.dir:../../../..}/dist/" regex="solr-dataimporthandler-.*\.jar"/>
diff --git a/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 25b05ef6aea..dd5fe52ab33 100644
--- a/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in
diff --git a/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 8cc064c61d0..5642e26bd63 100644
--- a/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in
diff --git a/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 25b1cf0829f..9c8640ff13b 100644
--- a/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>8.0.0</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>8.1.0</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in