diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 40f73305b..70b431152 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      # Let's wait a bit to make sure Pypi is up to date
+      - name: Sleep for 120 seconds
+        run: sleep 120s
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0ccbfbc1c..fca704abc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 0.8.1 (2022-12-01)
+
+### titiler.core
+
+* remove useless `titiler.core.version` file
+
 ## 0.8.0 (2022-12-01)
 
 * remove python 3.7 support
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1bdb21837..f3854469e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 with open("README.md") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 inst_reqs = [
     f"titiler.core=={__version__}",
diff --git a/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/__init__.py b/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/__init__.py
index 2dc5121b3..9cbaa7f79 100644
--- a/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/__init__.py
+++ b/src/titiler/application/titiler/application/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """titiler.application"""
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/__init__.py b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/__init__.py
index 8318d9c5e..60613593e 100644
--- a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """titiler.core"""
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 from . import dependencies, errors, factory, routing  # noqa
 from .factory import (  # noqa
diff --git a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/version.py b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e628040fc..000000000
--- a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-"""titiler.core version."""
-
-__version__ = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/src/titiler/mosaic/titiler/mosaic/__init__.py b/src/titiler/mosaic/titiler/mosaic/__init__.py
index 126fdc631..b9170b573 100644
--- a/src/titiler/mosaic/titiler/mosaic/__init__.py
+++ b/src/titiler/mosaic/titiler/mosaic/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """titiler.mosaic"""
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 from . import errors, factory  # noqa
 from .factory import MosaicTilerFactory  # noqa