diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index adc48fd6..c7946664 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Installation and documentation: `https://plothist.readthedocs.io/ <https://ploth
    :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/plothist
 .. |Code style: black| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg
    :target: https://github.com/psf/black
-.. |Docs from latest| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-v0.8-blue.svg
+.. |Docs from latest| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-v0.8.1-blue.svg
    :target: https://plothist.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 .. |Docs from main| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-main-blue.svg
-   :target: https://plothist.readthedocs.io/en/main/
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+   :target: https://plothist.readthedocs.io/en/main/
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a798355c..b8f66047 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 author = "Cyrille Praz, Tristan Fillinger"
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = "0.8"
+version = "0.8.1"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "0.8"
+release = "0.8.1"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/plothist/__init__.py b/plothist/__init__.py
index 8415cdf9..8648cfdf 100644
--- a/plothist/__init__.py
+++ b/plothist/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Plot histograms in a scalable way and a beautiful style."""
-__version__ = "0.8"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 from .plotters import (
     create_comparison_figure,