diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 86e202d9b..508185692 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project('SIMDe', 'c', 'cpp',
         default_options: ['c_std=c99'],
         license: 'MIT',
         meson_version : '>=0.54.0',
-        version: '0.8.0')
+        version: '0.8.1')
 # also update SIMDE_VESION_* in simde/simde-common.h
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
diff --git a/simde/simde-common.h b/simde/simde-common.h
index 212f23d8c..2476dd77f 100644
--- a/simde/simde-common.h
+++ b/simde/simde-common.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #define SIMDE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define SIMDE_VERSION_MINOR 8
-#define SIMDE_VERSION_MICRO 0
+#define SIMDE_VERSION_MICRO 1
 #define SIMDE_VERSION HEDLEY_VERSION_ENCODE(SIMDE_VERSION_MAJOR, SIMDE_VERSION_MINOR, SIMDE_VERSION_MICRO)
 // Also update meson.build in the root directory of the repository