diff --git a/objection/__init__.py b/objection/__init__.py
index 6a795902..1720801c 100644
--- a/objection/__init__.py
+++ b/objection/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.1'
 
 # helper containing a python 3 related warning
 # if this is run with python 2