diff --git a/acetao.ini b/acetao.ini
index e093b5ce984..a0267ec4bb0 100644
--- a/acetao.ini
+++ b/acetao.ini
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ tar.bz2-md5=a4a2cbb7c5eaec50f1fae041f0b4ee0d
 [ace8tao4]
 hold=0
 desc=ACE 8/TAO 4
-version=8.0.0
+version=8.0.1
 repo=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO.git
 branch=master
-url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/tag/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_0
-zip-filename=ACE+TAO-src-8.0.0.zip
-zip-url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_0/ACE%2BTAO-src-8.0.0.zip
-zip-md5=e3c467db77570b57288bedfc02980dcd
-tar.gz-filename=ACE+TAO-src-8.0.0.tar.gz
-tar.gz-url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_0/ACE%2BTAO-src-8.0.0.tar.gz
-tar.gz-md5=07b87e35172758a88904fedaf8a3a8a8
-tar.bz2-filename=ACE+TAO-src-8.0.0.tar.bz2
-tar.bz2-url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_0/ACE%2BTAO-src-8.0.0.tar.bz2
-tar.bz2-md5=a55665e09071049099977ee5fa2af2a4
+url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/tag/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_1
+zip-filename=ACE+TAO-src-8.0.1.zip
+zip-url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_1/ACE%2BTAO-src-8.0.1.zip
+zip-md5=c46754bef38a444811c1a8a527775a92
+tar.gz-filename=ACE+TAO-src-8.0.1.tar.gz
+tar.gz-url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_1/ACE%2BTAO-src-8.0.1.tar.gz
+tar.gz-md5=336467dd1ba4457c929d9fb473f397ca
+tar.bz2-filename=ACE+TAO-src-8.0.1.tar.bz2
+tar.bz2-url=https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_1/ACE%2BTAO-src-8.0.1.tar.bz2
+tar.bz2-md5=4fa9f98b0b1629f5b282a09ab47444b2
diff --git a/docs/news.d/automated-update-ace8tao4.rst b/docs/news.d/automated-update-ace8tao4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b27125fcb7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/news.d/automated-update-ace8tao4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This file was generated by tools/scripts/gitrelease.pl. It can be edited, but
+# if there is another release for ace8tao4, the automated PR
+# will overwrite this file.
+.. news-prs: none
+.. news-start-section: Platform Support and Dependencies
+.. news-start-section: ACE/TAO
+- Updated ACE 8/TAO 4 from 8.0.0 to `8.0.1 <https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/tag/ACE%2BTAO-8_0_1>`__.
+.. news-end-section
+.. news-end-section