# Inquirer.js 8.1.0

- Product: Inquirer.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/inquirer)
- Vendor: Inquirer
- Date: 2025-12-13
- Version: 8.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/releases/tag/%40inquirer/prompts%408.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/inquirer/releases/8.1.0

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- **added** — rawlist now supports default option
- **fixed** — select now infers return type properly when passing a choices array of string literals

* Feat: `rawlist` now supports `default` option.
* Fix: `select` now infer return type properly when passing a `choices` array of string literals.