diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index b99d347..f170cf5 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.0
+current_version = 1.8.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/.cookiecutterrc b/.cookiecutterrc
index 6d4089c..4421ff4 100644
--- a/.cookiecutterrc
+++ b/.cookiecutterrc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ default_context:
     sphinx_theme: furo
     test_matrix_separate_coverage: 'yes'
     tests_inside_package: 'no'
-    version: 1.8.0
+    version: 1.8.1
     version_manager: bump2version
     website: http://blog.ionelmc.ro
     year_from: '2012'
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 44d4bc6..201bb28 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ Overview
     :alt: Supported implementations
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/manhole
 
-.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-manhole/v1.8.0.svg
+.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/ionelmc/python-manhole/v1.8.1.svg
     :alt: Commits since latest release
-    :target: https://github.com/ionelmc/python-manhole/compare/v1.8.0...master
+    :target: https://github.com/ionelmc/python-manhole/compare/v1.8.1...master
 
 
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 80c2e55..dbe8c41 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 year = '2012-2024'
 author = 'Ionel Cristian Mărieș'
 copyright = f'{year}, {author}'
-version = release = '1.8.0'
+version = release = '1.8.1'
 
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['.']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4663f6d..0d46798 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name='manhole',
-    version='1.8.0',
+    version='1.8.1',
     license='BSD-2-Clause',
     description='Manhole is in-process service that will accept unix domain socket connections and present the'
     'stacktraces for all threads and an interactive prompt.',
diff --git a/src/manhole/__init__.py b/src/manhole/__init__.py
index ef4af3c..afdc4ad 100644
--- a/src/manhole/__init__.py
+++ b/src/manhole/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import traceback
 from contextlib import closing
 
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.1'
 
 from io import TextIOWrapper