diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index aede5a65..7ab8320e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ Package: packrat
 Type: Package
 Title: A Dependency Management System for Projects and their R Package
     Dependencies
-Version: 0.8.0-1
-Author: Kevin Ushey, Jonathan McPherson, Joe Cheng, Aron Atkins, JJ Allaire
+Version: 0.8.1
+Author: Kevin Ushey, Jonathan McPherson, Joe Cheng, Aron Atkins, JJ Allaire,
+    Toph Allen
 Maintainer: Aron Atkins <aron@rstudio.com>
 Description: Manage the R packages your project depends
     on in an isolated, portable, and reproducible way.
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7f96df33..602882f0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Packrat 0.8.1 (UNRELEASED)
+# Packrat 0.8.1
 
 - Fixed a bug preventing successful downloads of private GitLab and Bitbucket
   archives during restore. (#671)
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index f11b6cc1..d03afe22 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     source("R/update.R"); updateInit()
     ```
 
+-   Commit your changes!
+
 -   Check and fix URLs (from R):
 
     ```r
diff --git a/inst/resources/init-rprofile.R b/inst/resources/init-rprofile.R
index e3af8e57..633f72a4 100644
--- a/inst/resources/init-rprofile.R
+++ b/inst/resources/init-rprofile.R
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#### -- Packrat Autoloader (version 0.8.0-1) -- ####
+#### -- Packrat Autoloader (version 0.8.1) -- ####
 source("packrat/init.R")
 #### -- End Packrat Autoloader -- ####
diff --git a/inst/resources/init.R b/inst/resources/init.R
index 7286311a..2c8eabad 100644
--- a/inst/resources/init.R
+++ b/inst/resources/init.R
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ local({
     ## an 'installed from source' version
 
     ## -- InstallAgent -- ##
-    installAgent <- "InstallAgent: packrat 0.8.0-1"
+    installAgent <- "InstallAgent: packrat 0.8.1"
 
     ## -- InstallSource -- ##
     installSource <- "InstallSource: source"