diff --git a/smt/__init__.py b/smt/__init__.py
index 2accca2c2..16e7fa1ab 100644
--- a/smt/__init__.py
+++ b/smt/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.8.0"
+__version__ = "2.8.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "surrogate_models",