chore(main): release google-crc32c 1.8.1

Author: release-please[bot]

.release-please-individual-manifest.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "packages/google-cloud-ftp": "0.1.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-sql": "0.1.1",
   "packages/google-cloud-workloadidentity": "0.1.0",
-  "packages/google-crc32c": "1.8.0",
+  "packages/google-crc32c": "1.8.1",
   "packages/google-maps-mapmanagement": "0.1.1",
   "packages/google-shopping-merchant-loyaltycustomers": "0.1.1",
   "preview-packages/google-cloud-compute": "1.51.0-preview.1"

librarian.yaml

@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ libraries:
       metadata_name_override: workstations
       default_version: v1
   - name: google-crc32c
-    version: 1.8.0
+    version: 1.8.1
     python:
       library_type: OTHER
   - name: google-developer-knowledge

packages/google-crc32c/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-crc32c/#history
 
+## [1.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-crc32c-v1.8.0...google-crc32c-v1.8.1) (2026-09-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bump pip from 26.1.1 to 26.2 in /packages/google-crc32c/scripts ([#18259](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18259)) ([ef272c7](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/ef272c7ebeef65304c441a8d5136464cc0bd202c))
+* **crc32c:** escape the version dot and anchor the pyenv check regex ([#17555](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17555)) ([b6a0275](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/b6a027513422507f99662c840068249b84522a5c))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **handwritten:** centralize CONTRIBUTING.rst pointers ([#17642](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17642)) ([23b9499](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/23b94994bd5251493b81d91657d1f79a5d3c4b97))
+
 ## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-crc32c/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0) (2025-12-15)
 
 

packages/google-crc32c/pyproject.toml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "google-crc32c"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 description = "A python wrapper of the C library 'Google CRC32C'"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"