diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index defc891..ee242ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1]
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fix specification of dependencies. The SDK package was incorrectly depending
+  on an older version of the requests package. If you have installed 0.8.0, it is
+  recommended to update to 0.8.1 and also ensure you have the latest dependencies. [#102]
+
+[#102]: https://github.com/SAP/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk/pull/102
+
 ## [0.8.0]
 
 ### Added
@@ -166,7 +176,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * First public release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/SAP/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk/compare/rel/0.8.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/SAP/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk/compare/rel/0.8.1...HEAD
+[0.8.1]: https://github.com/SAP/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk/compare/rel/0.8.0...rel/0.8.1
 [0.8.0]: https://github.com/SAP/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk/compare/rel/0.7.1...rel/0.8.0
 [0.7.1]: https://github.com/SAP/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk/compare/rel/0.7.0...rel/0.7.1
 [0.7.0]: https://github.com/SAP/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk/compare/rel/0.6.8...rel/0.7.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b379265..7645d7e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def get_long_version():
     author="Michael Haas",
     author_email="michael.haas01@sap.com",
     url="https://github.com/sap/data-attribute-recommendation-python-sdk",
-    install_requires=["requests~=2.20.0", "typing-extensions~=3.7.4.1", "cfenv~=0.5.3"],
+    install_requires=["requests~=2.20", "typing-extensions~=3.7", "cfenv~=0.5"],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     python_requires="~=3.5",
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index a3df0a6..6f4eebd 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1