diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 01c8822..f45dbc5 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ android {
         // ⚠️ App versioning update is required in multiple places.
         // 👇🏽 Use the following workflow to update versions everywhere automatically ♻️
         // https://github.com/usetrmnl/trmnl-android/actions/workflows/version-management.yml
-        versionCode = 32
-        versionName = "2.8.0"
+        versionCode = 33
+        versionName = "2.8.1"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/33.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/33.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1208766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/33.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- Updated to the latest version (2.8.1)
+- Added real-time retry progress display during rate limit handling
+- Show countdown timer and attempt number during retries
+- Optimized backoff timing for 15s rate limit windows
+- Added 4 new unit tests for retry event emission