diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c12b0d43..5f15b696 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 '''
 
 setup(name="symengine",
-      version="0.8.0",
+      version="0.8.1",
       description="Python library providing wrappers to SymEngine",
       setup_requires=['cython>=0.29.24'],
       long_description=long_description,
diff --git a/symengine/__init__.py b/symengine/__init__.py
index ae213f38..5085641d 100644
--- a/symengine/__init__.py
+++ b/symengine/__init__.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def lambdify(args, exprs, **kwargs):
         return Lambdify(args, *exprs, **kwargs)
 
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 
 # To not expose internals