diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1ac440..856b28b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.8.1
+
 - Add the macOS `RivetUpdate` Swift module: a shared host-side update client
   for installed `.app` bundles, so applications stop hand-rolling the same
   security-critical download/verify/swap flow per product. It verifies the
diff --git a/info.rkt b/info.rkt
index 4c3c612..977241e 100644
--- a/info.rkt
+++ b/info.rkt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 (define collection 'multi)
 ;; Racket package versions reject a trailing ".0" component. Release tags and
 ;; native artifacts remain three-component SemVer via `release-version`.
-(define version "0.8")
-(define release-version "0.8.0")
+(define version "0.8.1")
+(define release-version "0.8.1")
 (define pkg-desc "Native application foundation for Racket")
 (define pkg-authors '(turinglambdaai))
 (define license 'MIT)