diff --git a/src/marqo/version.py b/src/marqo/version.py
index fd052f2d9..03e477ec7 100644
--- a/src/marqo/version.py
+++ b/src/marqo/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.8.0"
+__version__ = "2.8.1"
 
 
 def get_version() -> str: