diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index ee14018716b..b7d3f481b30 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-13.8.0
-882ae08e7824ac27c201482ea148afe13bb3f6a7
+13.8.1
+54aea16e3698000e13eac70a0ffaa15968bf715f
 13.8