diff --git a/migrate/__init__.py b/migrate/__init__.py
index a534bb1..68e8d62 100644
--- a/migrate/__init__.py
+++ b/migrate/__init__.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 from migrate.versioning import *
 from migrate.changeset import *
 
-__version__ = '0.7.3.dev'
+__version__ = '0.8.1'