diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 099626f..7840fde 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.8.0"
+  ".": "1.8.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 68742d2..1972119 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-video-transcoder/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1) (2023-03-23)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fix formatting of request arg in docstring ([#296](https://github.com/googleapis/python-video-transcoder/issues/296)) ([ced945e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-video-transcoder/commit/ced945edd9994b8bd45d3c350735b394b3c1c48e))
+
 ## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-video-transcoder/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0) (2023-03-01)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/video/transcoder/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/video/transcoder/gapic_version.py
index b334dcc..90e0293 100644
--- a/google/cloud/video/transcoder/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/video/transcoder/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.8.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.8.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/video/transcoder_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/video/transcoder_v1/gapic_version.py
index b334dcc..90e0293 100644
--- a/google/cloud/video/transcoder_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/video/transcoder_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.8.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.8.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.json
index 2c7572e..7845598 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.video.transcoder.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-video-transcoder",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "1.8.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {