diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de2d9125..0bb6d335 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.8.1
+
+- add missing `CCVector.of_iter`
+
 ## 2.8
 
 ### Breaking:
diff --git a/containers.opam b/containers.opam
index 8a6073ac..9a2a6f88 100644
--- a/containers.opam
+++ b/containers.opam
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
 name: "containers"
-version: "2.8"
+version: "2.8.1"
 author: "Simon Cruanes"
 maintainer: "simon.cruanes.2007@m4x.org"
 synopsis: "A modular, clean and powerful extension of the OCaml standard library"
diff --git a/src/core/CCVector.mli b/src/core/CCVector.mli
index 85ac7f9c..b25037de 100644
--- a/src/core/CCVector.mli
+++ b/src/core/CCVector.mli
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ val to_list : ('a,_) t -> 'a list
 
 val of_iter : ?init:('a,rw) t -> 'a iter -> ('a, rw) t
 (** Convert an Iterator to a vector.
-    @since NEXT_RELEASE *)
+    @since 2.8.1 *)
 
 val of_seq : ?init:('a,rw) t -> 'a sequence -> ('a, rw) t
 (** Convert an Iterator to a vector.