# Hugging Face Transformers v4.8.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Hugging Face Transformers (https://huggingface.co)
- **Version:** v4.8.1
- **Released:** Jun 24, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/transformers/updates/v4.8.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Hugging Face Transformers v4.8.1. Source highlight: v4.8.1: Patch release

## Bug Fixes
- Fix default for TensorBoard folder
- Ray Tune install #12338
- Tests fixes for Torch FX #12336

## Upgrade Command
```bash
python -m pip install 'transformers==4.8.1'
```