diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ced3b37..c0e277a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ copyright = u'2013, Bert Constantin, Chris Glass, Diederik van der Boor'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.8'
+version = '0.8.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8'
+release = '0.8.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/polymorphic/__init__.py b/polymorphic/__init__.py
index 0b4632f..f9b34fe 100644
--- a/polymorphic/__init__.py
+++ b/polymorphic/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This code and affiliated files are (C) by Bert Constantin and individual contrib
 Please see LICENSE and AUTHORS for more information.
 """
 # See PEP 440 (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/)
-__version__ = "0.8"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 
 # Monkey-patch Django < 1.5 to allow ContentTypes for proxy models.