diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 768132cc..c53f82df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2.0)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
 
-project(libssh VERSION 0.8.0 LANGUAGES C)
+project(libssh VERSION 0.8.1 LANGUAGES C)
 
 # global needed variable
 set(APPLICATION_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 85b2ae32..e6ba89d8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 ChangeLog
 ==========
 
+version 0.8.1 (released 2018-08-13)
+  * Fixed version number in the header
+  * Fixed version number in pkg-config and cmake config
+  * Fixed library initialization
+  * Fixed attribute detection
+
 version 0.8.0 (released 2018-08-10)
   * Removed support for deprecated SSHv1 protocol
   * Added new connector API for clients
diff --git a/include/libssh/libssh.h b/include/libssh/libssh.h
index 10a29e0d..42cdc6a8 100644
--- a/include/libssh/libssh.h
+++ b/include/libssh/libssh.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 /* libssh version */
 #define LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR  0
 #define LIBSSH_VERSION_MINOR  8
-#define LIBSSH_VERSION_MICRO  0
+#define LIBSSH_VERSION_MICRO  1
 
 #define LIBSSH_VERSION_INT SSH_VERSION_INT(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                            LIBSSH_VERSION_MINOR, \