diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ author = u'Victor Stinner'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = release = '0.8.0'
+version = release = '0.8.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/perf/__init__.py b/perf/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/perf/__init__.py
+++ b/perf/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import
 
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '0.8.1'
 
 # Clocks
 try:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #  - git commit -a -m "post-release"
 #  - git push
 
-VERSION = '0.8.0'
+VERSION = '0.8.1'
 
 DESCRIPTION = 'Python module to generate and modify perf'
 CLASSIFIERS = [
post release: set version to <I>