diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f928672fe..796a5cc18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 everything: update_tests docs
 
-VERSION=8.0
+VERSION=8.1
 
 NUMBAS_EDITOR_PATH ?= ../editor
 JSDOC_TEMPLATE_PATH ?= ../numbas-jsdoc-template
diff --git a/bin/numbas.py b/bin/numbas.py
index e58f7f930..e35c908eb 100755
--- a/bin/numbas.py
+++ b/bin/numbas.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 from zipfile import ZipFile, ZipInfo
 
 
-NUMBAS_VERSION = '8.0'
+NUMBAS_VERSION = '8.1'
 
 
 namespaces = {
diff --git a/schema/exam_schema.8.0.json b/schema/exam_schema.8.1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from schema/exam_schema.8.0.json
rename to schema/exam_schema.8.1.json
diff --git a/schema/index.html b/schema/index.html
index 997ce5bf4..4076a9001 100644
--- a/schema/index.html
+++ b/schema/index.html
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="schema_doc.css">
     <script src="schema_doc.js" defer></script>
     
-    <title>Numbas exam schema v8.0</title>
+    <title>Numbas exam schema v8.1</title>
 </head>
 <body id="root">
     <header>
-        <h1>Numbas exam schema v8.0</h2>
+        <h1>Numbas exam schema v8.1</h2>
     </header>
     <main>
         <div class="intro">
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ <h1>Numbas exam schema v8.0</h2>
             <p>The line for the current version should look like this:</p>
             <pre>// Numbas version: finer_feedback_settings</pre>
             <p>The rest of the file should consist of a single JSON object, matching the following schema.</p>
-            <p><a href="exam_schema.8.0.json">Download the schema in JSON-Schema format</a></p>
+            <p><a href="exam_schema.8.1.json">Download the schema in JSON-Schema format</a></p>
         </div>
 
     <article class="schema open">
diff --git a/schema/make_schema.py b/schema/make_schema.py
index e19e799da..4ae874fb9 100644
--- a/schema/make_schema.py
+++ b/schema/make_schema.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import jinja2
 
-version = '8.0'
+version = '8.1'
 migration_version = 'finer_feedback_settings'
 
 with open(f'exam_schema.{version}.json') as f:
