diff --git a/smdebug/_version.py b/smdebug/_version.py
index 3e2f46a3a3..8088f75131 100644
--- a/smdebug/_version.py
+++ b/smdebug/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.9.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"