diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index 946706ec390..cb49dce329a 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Improvements
 * LUCENE-7840: Non-scoring BooleanQuery now removes SHOULD clauses before building the scorer supplier
   as opposed to eliminating them during scoring construction. (Atri Sharma via Jim Ferenczi)
 
+======================= Lucene 8.1.1 =======================
+(No Changes)
+
 ======================= Lucene 8.1.0 =======================
 
 API Changes
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 5d79f47b4fa..592cd1f6fdc 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/Version.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/Version.java
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ public final class Version {
   @Deprecated
   public static final Version LUCENE_8_1_0 = new Version(8, 1, 0);
 
+  /**
+   * Match settings and bugs in Lucene's 8.1.1 release.
+   * @deprecated Use latest
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public static final Version LUCENE_8_1_1 = new Version(8, 1, 1);
+
   /**
    * Match settings and bugs in Lucene's 8.2.0 release.
    * @deprecated Use latest
diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index c91e979dde0..ee862d0e119 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ New Features
 Bug Fixes
 ----------------------
 
-* SOLR-13475: Null Pointer Exception when querying collection through collection alias. (Jörn Franke, ab)
-
 * SOLR-13474: Fix "Search is temporarily disabled" logic to be consistent for entire request (hossman)
 
 * SOLR-13469: Fix rejected requests during full disk full + IndexFetch to use 503 not 403 (hossman)
@@ -112,6 +110,23 @@ Other Changes
 * SOLR-13467: Include the S2 Geometry lib to make it simpler to use prefixTree="s2" on a Geo3D spatial field.
   Improved documentation on Geo3D too.  (David Smiley)
 
+==================  8.1.1 ==================
+
+Consult the LUCENE_CHANGES.txt file for additional, low level, changes in this release.
+
+Versions of Major Components
+---------------------
+Apache Tika 1.19.1
+Carrot2 3.16.0
+Velocity 2.0 and Velocity Tools 3.0
+Apache ZooKeeper 3.4.14
+Jetty 9.4.14.v20181114
+
+Bug Fixes
+----------------------
+
+* SOLR-13475: Null Pointer Exception when querying collection through collection alias. (Jörn Franke, ab)
+
 ==================  8.1.0 ==================
 
 Consult the LUCENE_CHANGES.txt file for additional, low level, changes in this release.