diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e763a26..2044e18 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Issue #122 glibc version 2.1 behaves diffrently than glibc 2.0.6
 Added CAT004 v1.12
 Issue #178 Explicit items with more elements then in definition should be put to list
 
-Not versioned yet
+2.8.1 (python_v0.7.1)
 Issue #180 Problem decoding repetitive data item I023/120 Service Statistics
 Issue #181 Add missing Single Antenna (SA) element in Data Item I021/008 for CAT021 v2.1 
 Issue #182 convert timestamp to double, improves precision 
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diff --git a/asterix/version.py b/asterix/version.py
index a71c5c7..f0788a8 100644
--- a/asterix/version.py
+++ b/asterix/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.7.0'
+__version__ = '0.7.1'
diff --git a/src/main/version.h b/src/main/version.h
index fc54a16..0714eb0 100644
--- a/src/main/version.h
+++ b/src/main/version.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_H
 #define VERSION_H
 
-#define _VERSION        2.8.0
-#define _VERSION_STR   "2.8.0"
+#define _VERSION        2.8.1
+#define _VERSION_STR   "2.8.1"
 
 #endif