diff --git a/archive/2026.php b/archive/2026.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e91b33ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/2026.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+use phpweb\News\NewsHandler;
+
+$_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'archive/2026.php';
+include_once __DIR__ . '/../include/prepend.inc';
+news_archive_sidebar();
+site_header("News Archive - 2026");
+?>
+
+<h1>News Archive - 2026</h1>
+
+<p>
+ Here are the most important news items we have published in 2026 on PHP.net.
+</p>
+
+<hr>
+
+<?php
+
+print_news((new NewsHandler())->getNewsByYear(2026), null, 500);
+site_footer(['elephpants' => true, 'sidebar' => $SIDEBAR_DATA]);
diff --git a/downloads.php b/downloads.php
index d72d6d9b1c..fd123c3f35 100644
--- a/downloads.php
+++ b/downloads.php
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ function option(string $value, string $desc, $attributes = []): string
     '8.4' => 'version 8.4',
     '8.3' => 'version 8.3',
     '8.2' => 'version 8.2',
-    '8.1' => 'version 8.1',
     'default' => 'OS default version',
 ];
 
diff --git a/eol.php b/eol.php
index 6685606aa2..e3eff384a4 100644
--- a/eol.php
+++ b/eol.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 // Notes for specific branches can be added here, and will appear in the table.
 $BRANCH_NOTES = [
+    '8.1' => '<a href="/migration82">A guide is available for migrating from PHP 8.1 to 8.2.</a>',
     '8.0' => '<a href="/migration81">A guide is available for migrating from PHP 8.0 to 8.1.</a>',
     '7.4' => '<a href="/migration80">A guide is available for migrating from PHP 7.4 to 8.0.</a>',
     '7.3' => '<a href="/migration74">A guide is available for migrating from PHP 7.3 to 7.4.</a>',
diff --git a/git.php b/git.php
index f6e3d6423e..3a074e923c 100644
--- a/git.php
+++ b/git.php
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@
   <strong>PHP 8.2</strong>:
   <code>git checkout PHP-8.2</code>
   <br>
-  <strong>PHP 8.1</strong>:
-  <code>git checkout PHP-8.1</code>
-  <br><br>
  </li>
 
  <li>
diff --git a/include/release-qa.php b/include/release-qa.php
index 11b4c0c9c3..3baf88e690 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -44,20 +44,6 @@
 
 
 $QA_RELEASES = [
-
-    '8.1.27' => [
-        'active'  => true,
-        'release' => [
-            'type'       => 'RC',
-            'number'     => 0,
-            'sha256_gz'  => '',
-            'sha256_bz2' => '',
-            'sha256_xz'  => '',
-            'date'       => '07 Nov 2023',
-            'baseurl'    => 'https://downloads.php.net/',
-        ],
-    ],
-
     '8.2.27' => [
         'active'  => true,
         'release' => [
diff --git a/include/releases.inc b/include/releases.inc
index 5994faceb6..f601fbf902 100644
--- a/include/releases.inc
+++ b/include/releases.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,43 @@
 $OLDRELEASES = array (
   8 => 
   array (
+    '8.1.34' => 
+    array (
+      'announcement' => 
+      array (
+        'English' => '/releases/8_1_34.php',
+      ),
+      'tags' => 
+      array (
+        0 => 'security',
+      ),
+      'date' => '18 Dec 2025',
+      'source' => 
+      array (
+        0 => 
+        array (
+          'filename' => 'php-8.1.34.tar.gz',
+          'name' => 'PHP 8.1.34 (tar.gz)',
+          'sha256' => '3c5b060ec8e0d5dd1d8237823f3161cc8bc5342aab3c46893eba9857759c4bfa',
+          'date' => '18 Dec 2025',
+        ),
+        1 => 
+        array (
+          'filename' => 'php-8.1.34.tar.bz2',
+          'name' => 'PHP 8.1.34 (tar.bz2)',
+          'sha256' => '98e0a08a0fae37d08dfcca2f5ff6664863097dde4b1d360af2acc8c3542f2a0f',
+          'date' => '18 Dec 2025',
+        ),
+        2 => 
+        array (
+          'filename' => 'php-8.1.34.tar.xz',
+          'name' => 'PHP 8.1.34 (tar.xz)',
+          'sha256' => 'ffa9e0982e82eeaea848f57687b425ed173aa278fe563001310ae2638db5c251',
+          'date' => '18 Dec 2025',
+        ),
+      ),
+      'museum' => false,
+    ),
     '8.1.33' => 
     array (
       'announcement' => 
diff --git a/include/version.inc b/include/version.inc
index 87185f6db8..7ba83dd547 100644
--- a/include/version.inc
+++ b/include/version.inc
@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@ $RELEASES = (function () {
         ]
     ];
 
-    /* PHP 8.1 Release */
-    $data['8.1'] = [
-        'version' => '8.1.34',
-        'date' => '18 Dec 2025',
-        'tags' => ['security'], // Set to ['security'] for security releases.
-        'sha256' => [
-            'tar.gz' => '3c5b060ec8e0d5dd1d8237823f3161cc8bc5342aab3c46893eba9857759c4bfa',
-            'tar.bz2' => '98e0a08a0fae37d08dfcca2f5ff6664863097dde4b1d360af2acc8c3542f2a0f',
-            'tar.xz' => 'ffa9e0982e82eeaea848f57687b425ed173aa278fe563001310ae2638db5c251',
-        ]
-    ];
-
     $ret = [];
     foreach ($data as $release) {
         $version = $release['version'];
diff --git a/supported-versions.php b/supported-versions.php
index 36ff6c394e..265630a1d3 100644
--- a/supported-versions.php
+++ b/supported-versions.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 	'8.4' => 'https://www.php.net/manual/migration84.php',
 	'8.3' => 'https://www.php.net/manual/migration83.php',
 	'8.2' => 'https://www.php.net/manual/migration82.php',
-	'8.1' => 'https://www.php.net/manual/migration81.php',
 ];
 ?>