diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 777f190d..8088f751 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5c2a81c0..3f97bf00 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.0
+current_version = 0.8.1
 tag = True
 commit = True
 
 [bumpversion:file:GPy/__version__.py]
+