diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index b4fca302a..c17062eac 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.8.1 -- 2023-03-02
 ### Fixed
 - Fix transform that converts labeled timebins to segments
   so that it returns all `None`s when there are no segments 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ad7360c2c..27d0cc157 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 [project]
 name = "vak"
 description = "a neural network toolbox for animal vocalizations and bioacoustics"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = [
     {name = "David Nicholson", email = "nickledave@users.noreply.github.com"}
 ]
diff --git a/src/vak/__about__.py b/src/vak/__about__.py
index 6eb9a0ba7..99d2b4e02 100644
--- a/src/vak/__about__.py
+++ b/src/vak/__about__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 __summary__ = "a neural network toolbox for animal vocalizations and bioacoustics"
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/NickleDave/vak"
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 if base_dir is not None and os.path.exists(os.path.join(base_dir, ".commit")):
     with open(os.path.join(base_dir, ".commit")) as fp: