diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 335d8a0..51f9de5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 2015-09-23  Kim Holviala  <kim@holviala.com>
 
+	* Released version 1.8
 	* Fix for executable gophermaps in directories with spaces (bugreport from Black Rider)
 	* Fixed whitespace formatting
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9685b8..ddc9d50 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 NAME    = gophernicus
 PACKAGE = $(NAME)
 BINARY  = in.$(NAME)
-VERSION = 1.8
+VERSION = 1.8.1
 
 SOURCES = $(NAME).c file.c menu.c string.c platform.c session.c options.c
 HEADERS = functions.h files.h
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4980790..1fd4c13 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gophernicus (1.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Kim Holviala <kim@holviala.com>  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:18:01 +0200
+
 gophernicus (1.8) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release