v1.8.1 release
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 39d4933..1e05cad 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
# built documents.
#
# The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.8'
+version = '1.8.1'
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.8'
+release = version
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index 1b24e33..2ffca8b 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- Update version in ``docs/conf.py``
- Tag release date in ``docs/changelog.rst``.
- ``git add`` and ``git commit``.
- - ``git tag -a vX.Y -m 'vX.Y release'``.
+ - ``git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m 'vX.Y.Z release'``.
- ``git push``
- ``git push --tags``.
- ``python setup.py sdist upload``.
diff --git a/include/pybind11/common.h b/include/pybind11/common.h
index 5cab5e7..b4419a4 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/common.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 1
#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 8
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 1
/// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index ceeb4af..470daec 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (1, 8)
+version_info = (1, 8, 1)
__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
