diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b78e21f9..2b8ccbd8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([plymouth],[0.8.0],[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=plymouth])
+AC_INIT([plymouth],[0.8.1],[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=plymouth])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-tools)