diff --git a/canopen/version.py b/canopen/version.py
index 83b80b1b..e48bd9e9 100644
--- a/canopen/version.py
+++ b/canopen/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-__version__ = "0.8.1.dev1"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"