diff --git a/VERSION.json b/VERSION.json
index f7c2acc51..dd40651f6 100644
--- a/VERSION.json
+++ b/VERSION.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "apprise_version": "1.8.0",
+  "apprise_version": "1.8.1",
   "latest": true,
   "upstream_digest_amd64": "sha256:8ca009d910855fe4805323d15f7b35aeb15065883a14e58be2ebe1602677527c",
   "upstream_digest_arm64": "sha256:963c260c1c1872176d4d554c0936a105265eec97ec47899b409d2710d3f0bd4f",
   "upstream_image": "ghcr.io/hotio/base",
   "upstream_tag": "alpinevpn",
-  "version": "3b8eb79--1.8.0"
+  "version": "3b8eb79--1.8.1"
 }