diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d8b4e7f9..eb8d13e5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'labwc',
   'c',
-  version: '0.8.0',
+  version: '0.8.1',
   license: 'GPL-2.0-only',
   meson_version: '>=0.59.0',
   default_options: [