diff --git a/releases/v2.8.1.toml b/releases/v2.8.1.toml
index f40271f779..7c857c63ac 100644
--- a/releases/v2.8.1.toml
+++ b/releases/v2.8.1.toml
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ pre_release = false
 preface = """\
 The 2.8.1 registry release fixes the Go module issues that have popped up in the v2.8.0
 
-There have been no chages made in the released binaries.
+There have been no chages made in the released binaries other than the bump of the Go runtime.
 
 See changelog below for full list of changes.
 
 ### CI
 * ci: use proper git ref for versioning [#3595](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/pull/3595)
+* Go: make Go version explicit and pin it to the latest 1.16 release [3604](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/pull/3604)
 
 ### Dependency Changes