diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index cc6a4272b..032ddc1e6 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Geoff Boeing https://geoffboeing.com/
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Geoff Boeing https://geoffboeing.com/
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 465470fa1..bae5ef5ce 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, pkg_root_path)
 
 author = "Geoff Boeing"
-copyright = "2016-2023, Geoff Boeing"  # noqa: A001
+copyright = "2016-2024, Geoff Boeing"  # noqa: A001
 project = "OSMnx"
 
 # dynamically load version from /osmnx/_version.py
diff --git a/osmnx/_version.py b/osmnx/_version.py
index 80a90c67e..2108ae46f 100644
--- a/osmnx/_version.py
+++ b/osmnx/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """OSMnx package version information."""
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.1"