diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 97df2a8..5bfae66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+8.10.1 (2023-10-11)
+-------------------
+
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+
+* Fixed direct usage of TransformerModel (`#619`_)
+
+.. _#619: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/619
+
 8.10.0 (2023-10-09)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/eland/_version.py b/eland/_version.py
index d6bc379..fceafc4 100644
--- a/eland/_version.py
+++ b/eland/_version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 __title__ = "eland"
 __description__ = "Python Client and Toolkit for DataFrames, Big Data, Machine Learning and ETL in Elasticsearch"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/elastic/eland"
-__version__ = "8.10.0"
+__version__ = "8.10.1"
 __author__ = "Steve Dodson"
 __author_email__ = "steve.dodson@elastic.co"
 __maintainer__ = "Elastic Client Library Maintainers"