diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e4a2ef8..9291089 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 This file lists notable changes in each release. For the full history of all
 changes, see ChangeLog.
 
+2018-06-12: v0.8.1 release
+- Brown paperbag release to install the udev rules file in the correct
+  directory if the udev pkg-config file doesn't have a trailing slash
+
 2018-06-12: v0.8.0 release
 - Port to meson as the build system
 - Port documentation to gtk-doc
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 62e69e6..088bd11 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('libfprint', [ 'c', 'cpp' ],
-        version: '0.8.0',
+        version: '0.8.1',
         license: 'LGPLv2.1+',
         default_options: [
           'buildtype=debugoptimized',