diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 613ca81..9a8b550 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+== 8.1.1 2026-02-24
+
+Fixes:
+* FFmpeg v8 no longer allows `-y` as an argument for `ffprobe`.
+
 == 8.1.0 2026-02-04
 
 Improvements:
diff --git a/lib/ffmpeg.rb b/lib/ffmpeg.rb
index f54c857..e43bbc1 100644
--- a/lib/ffmpeg.rb
+++ b/lib/ffmpeg.rb
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ def ffprobe_version?(pattern)
     # @return [Array<String, Process::Status>] The standard output, the standard error, and the process status.
     # @raise [Errno::ENOENT] If the ffprobe binary cannot be found.
     def ffprobe_capture3(*args)
-      logger.debug(self) { "ffprobe -y #{Shellwords.join(args)}" }
-      FFMPEG::IO.capture3(ffprobe_binary, '-y', *args)
+      logger.debug(self) { "ffprobe #{Shellwords.join(args)}" }
+      FFMPEG::IO.capture3(ffprobe_binary, *args)
     end
 
     # Starts a new ffprobe process with the given arguments.
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ def ffprobe_capture3(*args)
     # @return [Process::Status, Array<IO, Thread>]
     # @raise [Errno::ENOENT] If the ffprobe binary cannot be found.
     def ffprobe_popen3(*args, &)
-      logger.debug(self) { "ffprobe -y #{Shellwords.join(args)}" }
-      FFMPEG::IO.popen3(ffprobe_binary, '-y', *args, &)
+      logger.debug(self) { "ffprobe #{Shellwords.join(args)}" }
+      FFMPEG::IO.popen3(ffprobe_binary, *args, &)
     end
 
     # Cross-platform way of finding an executable in the $PATH.
diff --git a/lib/ffmpeg/version.rb b/lib/ffmpeg/version.rb
index 70dd7be..6712559 100644
--- a/lib/ffmpeg/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ffmpeg/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module FFMPEG
-  VERSION = '8.1.0'
+  VERSION = '8.1.1'
 end