diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index dcb0cd123..d24e69934 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.0
+current_version = 0.8.1
 message = Bump version to {new_version}
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca984369a..5930e9797 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [0.8.1] 2024-06-13
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/src/compas_timber/__version__.py b/src/compas_timber/__version__.py
index 3ad5018b8..821435d1a 100644
--- a/src/compas_timber/__version__.py
+++ b/src/compas_timber/__version__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 __title__ = "compas_timber"
 __description__ = "COMPAS package for modeling, designing and fabricating timber assemblies."
 __url__ = "https://github.com/gramaziokohler/compas_timber"
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 __author__ = "Gramazio Kohler Research"
 __author_email__ = "gramaziokohler@arch.ethz.ch"
 __license__ = "MIT license"