diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 82e8fa2c4a0cee38609e6b14c2f7201ff834d8fd..933aa2007a4a57161e854c72f5eae3848284997c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.0
+current_version = 0.8.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 07d47abe6240f4bd0daf69e68e6f6d61befbde44..e443e3788344b8593275cca167132ebc34cd1d04 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name="gext",
-    version="0.8.0",
+    version="0.8.1",
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=["numpy", "scipy"],
     extras_require={"tests": ["pytest"]},