diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c113de3..202e10db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2021-08-16
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - An occasional error where users couldn't start a swap because of `InsufficientFunds` that were off by exactly 1 satoshi.
@@ -179,7 +181,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed an issue where Alice would not verify if Bob's Bitcoin lock transaction is semantically correct, i.e. pays the agreed upon amount to an output owned by both of them.
   Fixing this required a **breaking change** on the network layer and hence old versions are not compatible with this version.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.8.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.8.1...HEAD
+[0.8.1]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.8.0...0.8.1
 [0.8.0]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.7.0...0.8.0
 [0.7.0]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.6.0...0.7.0
 [0.6.0]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.5.0...0.6.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3799b5f0..ab81a033 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4047,7 +4047,7 @@ checksum = "8049cf85f0e715d6af38dde439cb0ccb91f67fb9f5f63c80f8b43e48356e1a3f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "swap"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compression",
diff --git a/swap/Cargo.toml b/swap/Cargo.toml
index ff384dee..f1674cc0 100644
--- a/swap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swap/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "swap"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = [ "The COMIT guys <hello@comit.network>" ]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "XMR/BTC trustless atomic swaps."