diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dd4a1712..b881352e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Note: There is no guarantee that version mismatched client and server will
 be able to talk with each other. Network protocol breakages won't be listed
 here.
 
-v0.x.x (xxxx-xx-xx)
+v0.8.1 (2022-04-21)
 -------------------
 
 - Support for pre-0.7 traces has been dropped.
diff --git a/server/TracyVersion.hpp b/server/TracyVersion.hpp
index 42f60295..6a57ee52 100644
--- a/server/TracyVersion.hpp
+++ b/server/TracyVersion.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Version
 {
 enum { Major = 0 };
 enum { Minor = 8 };
-enum { Patch = 0 };
+enum { Patch = 1 };
 }
 }