diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f6d3b39..7c55ac3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl -*- Mode: autoconf -*-
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([mpdevil], [0.8.0])
+AC_INIT([mpdevil], [0.8.1])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([bin/mpdevil.py])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])