diff --git a/VERSION.json b/VERSION.json
index c21f79dd..57bbea1d 100644
--- a/VERSION.json
+++ b/VERSION.json
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
   "upstream_digest_arm64": "sha256:20f172d6775d0c662d9681aea70a85bf88e5831903420c3cd3ff4c6b388d2131",
   "upstream_image": "ghcr.io/hotio/base",
   "upstream_tag": "alpinevpn",
-  "version": "2.8.0"
+  "version": "2.8.1"
 }