diff --git a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
index de50be05..c048ea36 100644
--- a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 org = "ballerina"
 name = "os"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 authors = ["Ballerina"]
 keywords = ["environment"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ballerina-platform/module-ballerina-os"
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ graalvmCompatible = true
 [[platform.java17.dependency]]
 groupId = "io.ballerina.stdlib"
 artifactId = "os-native"
-version = "1.8.0"
-path = "../native/build/libs/os-native-1.8.0.jar"
+version = "1.8.1"
+path = "../native/build/libs/os-native-1.8.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
 
 [[platform.java17.dependency]]
 groupId = "io.ballerina.stdlib"
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ path = "./lib/io-native-1.6.0.jar"
 [[platform.java17.dependency]]
 groupId = "io.ballerina.stdlib"
 artifactId = "os-test-utils"
-version = "1.8.0"
-path = "../test-utils/build/libs/os-test-utils-1.8.0.jar"
+version = "1.8.1"
+path = "../test-utils/build/libs/os-test-utils-1.8.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
diff --git a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
index 8fc6f7d9..3d14e3be 100644
--- a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 org = "ballerina"
 name = "os"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
 	{org = "ballerina", name = "io"},
 	{org = "ballerina", name = "jballerina.java"},
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 4556b3a2..40476d5d 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This file contains all the notable changes done to the Ballerina OS package thro
 
 ### Changed
 - [API docs updated](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-standard-library/issues/3463)
+- [Make some of the Java classes proper utility classes](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-standard-library/issues/5051)
 
 ## [1.4.0] - [2022-09-08]
 
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/utils/OSUtils.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/utils/OSUtils.java
index d875ef53..198677be 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/utils/OSUtils.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/utils/OSUtils.java
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 /**
  * @since 0.8.0
  */
-public class OSUtils {
+public final class OSUtils {
+
+    private OSUtils() {}
 
     public static BObject getProcessObject(Process process) throws IOException {
         BObject obj = ValueCreator.createObjectValue(getModule(), PROCESS_TYPE);
diff --git a/test-utils/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/testutils/OSTestUtils.java b/test-utils/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/testutils/OSTestUtils.java
index b285239d..8c83c18e 100644
--- a/test-utils/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/testutils/OSTestUtils.java
+++ b/test-utils/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/os/testutils/OSTestUtils.java
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 /**
  * @since 0.6.5
  */
-public class OSTestUtils {
+public final class OSTestUtils {
+
+    private OSTestUtils() {}
 
     public static BString testValidEnv() {
         return StringUtils.fromString(System.getenv("JAVA_HOME"));