diff --git a/src/vorta/_version.py b/src/vorta/_version.py
index 32a90a3b..ef72cc0f 100644
--- a/src/vorta/_version.py
+++ b/src/vorta/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '0.8.1'
diff --git a/src/vorta/assets/metadata/com.borgbase.Vorta.appdata.xml b/src/vorta/assets/metadata/com.borgbase.Vorta.appdata.xml
index e92ac72c..4cf01cd4 100644
--- a/src/vorta/assets/metadata/com.borgbase.Vorta.appdata.xml
+++ b/src/vorta/assets/metadata/com.borgbase.Vorta.appdata.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     </screenshot>
   </screenshots>
   <releases>
-    <release version="v0.8.0" date="2021-11-04">
+    <release version="v0.8.1" date="2021-11-17">
     </release>
   </releases>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/borgbase/vorta/issues</url>