diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a2cf4920..f52f88193 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 setup(
     name="monty",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    version="0.8.0",
+    version="0.8.1",
     install_requires=["six"],
     extras_require={"yaml": ["pyyaml>=3.1"],},
     package_data={},