diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4204ee..993e03e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+
+## 0.8.1 - 2021-03-17
+
 - Fix shellcheck download in Makefile
 - Upgrade shellcheck from v0.7.0 to v0.7.1 and fix new lint errors
 - Upgrade shfmt from v3.0.0 to v3.2.4, no format changes introduced
diff --git a/bin/g b/bin/g
index 8358a4c..a51a304 100755
--- a/bin/g
+++ b/bin/g
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ esac
 #
 
 display_g_version() {
-  echo "0.8.0"
+  echo "0.8.1"
 }
 
 display_help() {