diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 73e137e2..cef5965e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(uvg266
 LANGUAGES C CXX
 HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/ultravideo/uvg266
 DESCRIPTION "An open-source VVC encoder licensed under 3-clause BSD"
-VERSION 0.8.0 )
+VERSION 0.8.1 )
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build using shared uvg266 library" ON)
 
diff --git a/doc/uvg266.1 b/doc/uvg266.1
index 71a2b605..d7b37989 100644
--- a/doc/uvg266.1
+++ b/doc/uvg266.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UVG266 "1" "September 2023" "uvg266 v0.8.0" "User Commands"
+.TH UVG266 "1" "July 2024" "uvg266 v0.8.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 uvg266 \- open source VVC encoder
 .SH SYNOPSIS