diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 069caa843..a2d247f19 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-12-18  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>
+
+	Release Spot 0.8.1.
+
+	* configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 0.8.1.
+
 2011-12-18  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>
 
 	* NEWS: Summarize recent fixes.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b539a97cd..284432d87 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-New in spot 0.8a:
+New in spot 0.8.1:
 
   * Only bug fixes:
     - When ltl2tgba is set to perform both WDBA minimization and
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 746a2399a..df1f65ace 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # 02111-1307, USA.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT([spot], [0.8a], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [0.8.1], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu tar-ustar color-tests parallel-tests])