diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0eedf54..cdff814 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION						=	0.8.0
+VERSION						=	0.8.1
 
 PREFIX						?=	/usr/local
 DEST_BIN_DIR				=	$(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46c5f33..d33ee8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Example Installation on Linux
     git clone https://github.com/mrkmg/git-stream.git /tmp/git-stream
     cd /tmp/git-stream
     git submodule update --init --recursive
-    #checkout latest release (v0.8.0)
+    #checkout latest release (v0.8.1)
     git checkout $(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
     make test
     sudo make install
diff --git a/bin/git-stream b/bin/git-stream
index b894ddf..42f1e7d 100755
--- a/bin/git-stream
+++ b/bin/git-stream
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ usage() {
 }
 
 version() {
-    echo "Git Stream v0.7.2"
+    echo "Git Stream v0.8.1"
 }
 
 git_current_branch () {