# V8.1 Updates

By Steven Van · 2026-04-30

Hi everyone, we have a few V8.1 related updates today: V8.1 is now available on Discord as well as midjourney.com We've improved sharpness and image…

Midjourney has pushed a quality update to **V8.1**, now live on both Discord and midjourney.com, that sharpens image output. The improvement is most visible on SREFs and Moodboards but should show up across all images, especially in HD.

During a server transition, Midjourney is temporarily making **SD** the default render mode to save compute. HD remains available by switching it on in the settings panel or adding --hd to a prompt. Midjourney also pointed users back to [midjourney.com/rank-v8-1](<https://midjourney.com/rank-v8-1>) to keep submitting ranking data, which it says is feeding into V8.2.

[![](<https://storage.ghost.io/c/95/61/95616ddb-b827-4269-ad22-ff4a6b368a1f/content/images/2026/04/Image-Quality-v1.0.jpg>)](<https://updates.midjourney.com/v8-1-updates/>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://updates.midjourney.com/v8-1-updates/>)

[Read V8.1 Updates on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/midjourney-v8-1-updates>)

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