diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6655cd2db..60562d751 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Wikimedia Commons for Android
 
+## v2.8.1
+- Fixed bug with category edits not being sent to server
+
 ## v2.8.0
 - Fixed failed uploads by modifying auth token
 - Fixed crashes during upload by storing file temporarily
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 3e4f2dff1..ae4ce6af5 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId 'fr.free.nrw.commons'
-        versionCode 87
-        versionName '2.8.0'
+        versionCode 88
+        versionName '2.8.1'
         setProperty("archivesBaseName", "app-commons-v$versionName-" + getBranchName())
 
         minSdkVersion project.minSdkVersion
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
index 4cf0d8253..12b8972ff 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ public class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi implements MediaWikiApi {
     public String edit(String editToken, String processedPageContent, String filename, String summary) throws IOException {
         return api.action("edit")
                 .param("title", filename)
-                .param("token", editToken)
+                .param("token", getEditToken())
+                .param("centralauthtoken", getCentralAuthToken())
                 .param("text", processedPageContent)
                 .param("summary", summary)
                 .post()
@@ -283,7 +284,8 @@ public class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi implements MediaWikiApi {
     public String appendEdit(String editToken, String processedPageContent, String filename, String summary) throws IOException {
         return api.action("edit")
                 .param("title", filename)
-                .param("token", editToken)
+                .param("token", getEditToken())
+                .param("centralauthtoken", getCentralAuthToken())
                 .param("appendtext", processedPageContent)
                 .param("summary", summary)
                 .post()
@@ -295,7 +297,8 @@ public class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi implements MediaWikiApi {
     public String prependEdit(String editToken, String processedPageContent, String filename, String summary) throws IOException {
         return api.action("edit")
                 .param("title", filename)
-                .param("token", editToken)
+                .param("token", getEditToken())
+                .param("centralauthtoken", getCentralAuthToken())
                 .param("prependtext", processedPageContent)
                 .param("summary", summary)
                 .post()