diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fde89d9..5d6f3e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.8.1 (unreleased
+## 0.8.1 (2019-08-16)
 ### Fixes
 * Removed compile dependency to JUnit library (#30) 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e220b19..fbaa562 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Java Vault Connector is a connector library for [Vault](https://www.vaultproject
 <dependency>
     <groupId>de.stklcode.jvault</groupId>
     <artifactId>jvault-connector</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2fbc7c5..c2d3ea0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.stklcode.jvault</groupId>
     <artifactId>jvault-connector</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>