diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 5b2cc2138..a6b8721a5 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
 object This {
-    val version = "1.80"
+    val version = "1.81"
     val artifactId = "jcommander"
     val groupId = "com.beust"
     val description = "Command line parsing library for Java"