diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 06b6866c..10471c32 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.0
+current_version = 0.8.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/b2luigi/__init__.py b/b2luigi/__init__.py
index d6e06ed1..aff6aa4e 100644
--- a/b2luigi/__init__.py
+++ b/b2luigi/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # version must be defined after importing the luigi namespace,
 # otherwise the b2luigi.__version__ gets overwritten by the one from luigi
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 from b2luigi.core.parameter import wrap_parameter, BoolParameter
 from typing import Optional, Union, Collection
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index cd04d7c3..e42099f3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.8.0'
+release = '0.8.1'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------