diff --git a/funannotate/__version__.py b/funannotate/__version__.py
index b16e0fcd..5331d201 100644
--- a/funannotate/__version__.py
+++ b/funannotate/__version__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (1, 8, 0)
+VERSION = (1, 8, 1)
 
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))