diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5408ee6824bd8d08c91930075d656fb84aa578a9..ebd17c6583fd0d3b5677f2f1a7a7cbf537502b9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ release.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [8.1.0] - 2023-12-08
+## [8.1.0] - 2024-01-08
 
 ### Changed
 - Cnetthinner has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile tests have been removed and replaced by gtests. Issue: [#5354](https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/issues/5354), 
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ release.
   outputsuffix, both, or neither for naming convention purposes. [#5162](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/pull/5162)
 - Changed the default PCK load behavior to try and load mission specific PCKs, if that fails we default to the base PCKs [#5335](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/pull/5335)
 - Disabled option to use web=true when running spiceinit with HRSC images. [#5223](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5223)
+- Set build option `pybindings=ON` in `build.sh` to turn on python bindings. [#5389](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/pull/5389)
+- Updated Ale to version 0.10.0 [#5399](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/pull/5399)
 
 ### Added
 - Added rclone to run dependencies in meta.yaml [#5183](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5183)
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ release.
 - Added ability to delegate calculation of nadir pointing to ALE [#5117](https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/issues/5117)
 - Added --no-kernels flag to downloadIsisData [#5264](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5264)
 - Added notice for depreciation to PvlObject::addLogGroup function which will be depreciated in favor of Application::appendAndLog(https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5310)
+- Added new csm plugins path to IsisPreferences [#5397](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/pull/5397)
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/code.json b/code.json
index 341e21b494628da5f335788887fa6855cfc2afb9..824d4ba197499e22748f7ecf381a29574372b06b 100644
--- a/code.json
+++ b/code.json
@@ -87,6 +87,50 @@
     "date": {
       "metadataLastUpdated": "2023-04-19"
     }
+  },{
+    "name": "ISIS3",
+    "organization": "U.S. Geological Survey",
+    "description": "GitHub code repository for the Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS)",
+    "version": "8.1.0_RC2",
+    "status": "Production",
+
+    "permissions": {
+      "usageType": "openSource",
+      "licenses": [
+        {
+          "name": "Public Domain, CC0-1.0",
+          "URL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/raw/8.1.0_RC2/LICENSE.md"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+
+    "homepageURL": "https://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov",
+    "downloadURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/archive/8.1.0_RC2/8.1.0_RC2.zip",
+    "disclaimerURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/raw/8.1.0_RC2/DISCLAIMER.md",
+    "repositoryURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis.git",
+    "vcs": "git",
+
+    "laborHours": 0,
+
+    "tags": [
+      "Planetary",
+      "Remote Sensing",
+      "Photogrammetry",
+      "Data Processing"
+    ],
+
+    "languages": [
+      "C++"
+    ],
+
+    "contact": {
+      "name": "Christine Kim",
+      "email": "chkim@usgs.gov"
+    },
+
+    "date": {
+      "metadataLastUpdated": "2024-01-08"
+    }
   },{
     "name": "ISIS3",
     "organization": "U.S. Geological Survey",
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index ed8af18403f35ffed95d4404c409868ca2e02034..aab868f1beaf299e519f2c9fc06d083ad582c2c4 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ channels:
 
 dependencies:
   - kalasiris 
-  - ale=0.9.1
+  - ale>=0.10.0, <1
   - armadillo
   - boost=1.72
   - boost-cpp=1.72
diff --git a/environment_gcc4.yml b/environment_gcc4.yml
index 3457d317deee49881bca8c69dd97b0cec40af5c6..e990a0131950c942165c1c6290ce4323bc9901c2 100644
--- a/environment_gcc4.yml
+++ b/environment_gcc4.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ channels:
   - defaults
 
 dependencies:
-  - ale>=0.8.5
+  - ale>=0.10.0
   - boost=1.68.0
   - armadillo
   - blas
diff --git a/isis/IsisPreferences b/isis/IsisPreferences
index 26c2b36515bdf2b0c3bcfaed9c8b1845396f4a7c..889f19871f13df559f5c681fcd6cc8e460207c56 100644
--- a/isis/IsisPreferences
+++ b/isis/IsisPreferences
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ EndGroup
 ########################################################
 
 Group = Plugins
-  CSMDirectory = ("$ISISROOT/lib/isis/csm3.0.3/", -
+  CSMDirectory = ("$ISISROOT/lib/csmplugins/", -
+                  "$ISISROOT/lib/isis/csm3.0.3/", -
                   "$ISISROOT/csmlibs/3.0.3/", -
                   "$HOME/.Isis/csm3.0.3/")
 EndGroup
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 3c64b66e5df0a8228af75ff98ad698ff6497cc0f..ec354056e5b42e5a59c2304a3e4c00c3fa363303 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #       A Public Release for ISIS3.6.1:                        {% set version = "3.6.1" %}
 #       A Release Candidate for ISIS3.6.1:                     {% set version = "3.6.1_RC" %}
 #       A custom build of ISIS3.6.1 for the CaSSIS mission:    {% set version = "3.6.1_cassis" %}
-{% set version = "8.1.0_RC1" %}
+{% set version = "8.1.0_RC2" %}
 
 # This is the build number for the current version you are building. If this is the first build of
 # this version, the build number will be 0. It is incremented by 1 with every consecutive build of
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   build:
    - kalasiris 
-   - ale=0.9.1
+   - ale=0.10.0
    - armadillo
    - boost=1.72
    - boost-cpp=1.72