diff --git a/doap.xml b/doap.xml
index 36c92b41..fe3ef408 100644
--- a/doap.xml
+++ b/doap.xml
@@ -1019,5 +1019,12 @@
+
+
+ 1.8.1
+ 2022-03-20
+
+
+
diff --git a/slixmpp/version.py b/slixmpp/version.py
index 027f69e2..10864fc0 100644
--- a/slixmpp/version.py
+++ b/slixmpp/version.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
# We don't want to have to import the entire library
# just to get the version info for setup.py
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
-__version_info__ = (1, 8, 0)
+__version__ = '1.8.1'
+__version_info__ = (1, 8, 1)