Merge pull request #1603 from fluxcd/release-v1.8.1

Release v1.8.1

Author: matheuscscp

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.8.1
+
+**Release date:** 2026-02-27
+
+This patch release fixes health check logic for StatefulSets during
+rolling updates when the Pods are Pending/Unschedulable.
+
+Fixes:
+- Fix health check logic for StatefulSets during rolling updates
+  [#1602](https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/pull/1602)
+
+Improvements:
+- Improve docs for `.spec.force`
+  [#1597](https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/pull/1597)
+- Remove no longer needed workaround for Flux 2.8
+  [#1595](https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/pull/1595)
+
 ## 1.8.0
 
 **Release date:** 2026-02-17

config/manager/kustomization.yaml

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: fluxcd/kustomize-controller
     newName: fluxcd/kustomize-controller
-    newTag: v1.8.0
+    newTag: v1.8.1

go.mod

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.6.1
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.37.2-flux.1
-	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.8.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v1.8.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.24.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.15.0