diff --git a/cmt/requirements b/cmt/requirements
index a333dd0d7b3bd44d27fc0b7fcf83cc218a9a2e28..bd076d69e4d8f04578090b5e87aba85e003cd322 100644
--- a/cmt/requirements
+++ b/cmt/requirements
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer : Ben Couturier
 #============================================================================
 package           PRConfig
-version           v1r80
+version           v1r81
 
 #============================================================================
 # Structure, i.e. directories to process.
diff --git a/doc/release.notes b/doc/release.notes
index 837b53bf29197e22fa7644b23549cd22e462cf2d..a1941bd0225d735bbf1fe1261e01fb9660ee6992 100644
--- a/doc/release.notes
+++ b/doc/release.notes
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@
 ! Purpose     : App Configuration for performance and regression tests
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+========================= PRConfig v1r81 2025-02-20 =========================
+
+! 2025-02-20 commit 2cb3f95f
+
+ - Merge branch 'sponce_largeBankFix' into 'master'
+
+   Changed input file or mdf_file_with_large_bank to also include a big event as first event
+
+   See merge request lhcb-datapkg/PRConfig!520
+
+! 2025-02-19 commit 45ea8c2d
+
+- Merge branch 'add2013dsts' into 'master'
+
+   Add test files for stripping qmtests using 2013 data
+
+   See merge requestlhcb-datapkg/PRConfig!519
+
+
 ========================= PRConfig v1r80 2025-02-14 =========================
 ! 2025-02-13 - commit 08a0beb