diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index b3a87ad5..87b9c05b 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Metadata for citation of this software according to the CFF format (https://citation-file-format.github.io/)
 cff-version: 1.1.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
-title: "MatterMiners/tardis: 0.8.0"
+title: "MatterMiners/tardis: 0.8.1"
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8426261
 authors:
   - given-names: Manuel
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ authors:
   - given-names: Peter
     family-names: Wienemann
     affiliation: University of Bonn
-version: 0.8.0
-date-released: 2023-10-10
+version: 0.8.1
+date-released: 2023-11-09
 repository-code: https://github.com/MatterMiners/tardis
 license: MIT
diff --git a/tardis/__about__.py b/tardis/__about__.py
index fbb511e8..85e3b826 100644
--- a/tardis/__about__.py
+++ b/tardis/__about__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 __summary__ = "Transparent Adaptive Resource Dynamic Integration System"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/matterminers/tardis"
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 __author__ = "Manuel Giffels, Matthias Schnepf"
 __email__ = "giffels@gmail.com"
 __copyright__ = "2018 - 2023 %s and Contributors" % __author__