diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 526eada63..cc4843a3f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ## Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([mu],[1.8.0],[https://github.com/djcb/mu/issues],[mu])
+AC_INIT([mu],[1.8.1],[https://github.com/djcb/mu/issues],[mu])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) 2008-2022 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([mu/mu.cc])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index eec2a96d0..e2aaf1d35 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # project setup
 #
 project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
-	version: '1.8.0',
+	version: '1.8.1',
 	meson_version: '>= 0.52.0', # debian 10
 	license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
 	default_options : [