diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3836ebcf..368ffb10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2020-07-07
+
 ### Added
 - open file in editor [[@jonstodle](https://github.com/jonstodle)] ([#166](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/166))
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9e1eac2f..00c3cc21 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ checksum = "cff77d8686867eceff3105329d4698d96c2391c176d5d03adc90c7389162b5b8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "asyncgit"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "git2",
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "asyncgit",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 50fd3351..b91ed6e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = ["Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>"]
 description = "blazing fast terminal-ui for git"
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/asyncgit/Cargo.toml b/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
index bc19b2f5..ed3bd764 100644
--- a/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "asyncgit"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = ["Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "allow using git2 in a asynchronous context"