diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cbf1fa29..458a96e5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+v0.8.1 2002-02-17  Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
+
+	* Expected bugfix release :) Worst thing was that I forgot always to
+	  debug why /cat /dev/urandom crashed irssi. Well, found two ways
+	  that could make it happen.
+
+	- Irssi was linked with -lcurses AND -lncurses
+	- Logging could have produced GLib errors with certain conditions
+	- A few compiler warnings fixes
+
 v0.8.0 2002-02-17  Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
 
 	* I really should make releases more often. Once in every two weeks
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0d8f5d1d..f54201ea 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if test -n "`grep '^#undef VERSION' config.h.in`"; then
 fi
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.8.0.CVS)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.8.1)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE