diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7154ad20..0576d1f1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mlstacks"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 packages = [{ include = "mlstacks", from = "src" }]
 description = "MLStacks MLStacks."
 authors = ["ZenML GmbH <info@zenml.io>"]
diff --git a/src/mlstacks/VERSION b/src/mlstacks/VERSION
index a3df0a69..6f4eebdf 100644
--- a/src/mlstacks/VERSION
+++ b/src/mlstacks/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1
diff --git a/src/mlstacks/terraform/aws-modular/variables.tf b/src/mlstacks/terraform/aws-modular/variables.tf
index 0503a266..0bcf927f 100644
--- a/src/mlstacks/terraform/aws-modular/variables.tf
+++ b/src/mlstacks/terraform/aws-modular/variables.tf
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ variable "mlflow_bucket" {
 # variables for creating a ZenML stack configuration file
 variable "zenml-version" {
   description = "The version of ZenML being used"
-  default     = "0.53.1"
+  default     = "0.55.2"
   type        = string
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mlstacks/terraform/gcp-modular/variables.tf b/src/mlstacks/terraform/gcp-modular/variables.tf
index abf952ab..74d14e6f 100644
--- a/src/mlstacks/terraform/gcp-modular/variables.tf
+++ b/src/mlstacks/terraform/gcp-modular/variables.tf
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ variable "mlflow-password" {
 # variables for creating a ZenML stack configuration file
 variable "zenml-version" {
   description = "The version of ZenML being used"
-  default     = "0.53.1"
+  default     = "0.55.2"
   type        = string
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mlstacks/terraform/k3d-modular/variables.tf b/src/mlstacks/terraform/k3d-modular/variables.tf
index 72d3b745..cc6a39ba 100644
--- a/src/mlstacks/terraform/k3d-modular/variables.tf
+++ b/src/mlstacks/terraform/k3d-modular/variables.tf
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ variable "seldon-secret-name" {
 # variables for creating a ZenML stack configuration file
 variable "zenml-version" {
   description = "The version of ZenML being used"
-  default     = "0.53.1"
+  default     = "0.55.2"
   type        = string
 }