diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index de3db75d97f..4cff8511494 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL "")
   set(CUDF_BUILD_FOR_DETECTED_ARCHS TRUE)
 endif()
 
-project(CUDF VERSION 21.08.00 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(CUDF VERSION 21.08.01 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 # Needed because GoogleBenchmark changes the state of FindThreads.cmake,
 # causing subsequent runs to have different values for the `Threads::Threads` target.
diff --git a/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile b/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
index 2b6b16bd947..0fe833d3e96 100644
--- a/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "libcudf"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 21.08.00
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 21.08.01
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_kafka/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/libcudf_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f9343de1c6..17d8dbeef6b 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #=============================================================================
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-project(CUDA_KAFKA VERSION 21.08.00 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(CUDA_KAFKA VERSION 21.08.01 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 ###################################################################################################
 # - Build options
diff --git a/docs/cudf/source/conf.py b/docs/cudf/source/conf.py
index b5d9f093c98..13d7e089f77 100644
--- a/docs/cudf/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/cudf/source/conf.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '21.08'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '21.08.00'
+release = '21.08.01'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
index e779a74290d..9bc6cff5ee6 100755
--- a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL "")
   set(CUDF_JNI_BUILD_FOR_DETECTED_ARCHS TRUE)
 endif()
 
-project(CUDF_JNI VERSION 21.08.00 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(CUDF_JNI VERSION 21.08.01 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 ###################################################################################################
 # - build options ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------