diff --git a/.docs/about/release-notes.md b/.docs/about/release-notes.md
index dd997a7f1..920e5e374 100644
--- a/.docs/about/release-notes.md
+++ b/.docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ Use `rexray version` to determine the currently installed version of REX-Ray:
     Commit: 182a626937677a081b89651598ee2eac839308e7
     Formed: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:27:36 CDT
 
+## Version 0.8.1 (2017/02/24)
+This is a minor release that reintroduces support for Go1.6 via
+libStorage 0.5.1.
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* Go1.6 support ([#444](https://github.com/codedellemc/libstorage/issues/444))
+
 ## Version 0.8.0 (2017/02/24)
 This is one of the largest releases in a while, including support for five new
 storage platforms!
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2082495eb..73c914887 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ language: go
 
 go:
   - 1.7.5
-  - tip
 
 env:
   - REXRAY_BUILD_TYPE=
@@ -23,11 +22,6 @@ env:
   - REXRAY_BUILD_TYPE= DRIVERS=s3fs
   - REXRAY_BUILD_TYPE= DRIVERS=scaleio
 
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-    - go:  tip
-  fast_finish: true
-
 before_install:
   - if [ "$DRIVERS" != "" ]; then sudo apt-get update; fi
   - if [ "$DRIVERS" != "" ]; then sudo apt-get -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" install docker-engine; fi
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a3df0a695..6f4eebdf6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1
diff --git a/glide-docker.yaml b/glide-docker.yaml
index d03fba0e8..23af765c4 100644
--- a/glide-docker.yaml
+++ b/glide-docker.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import:
     repo:    https://github.com/akutz/logrus
 
   - package: github.com/codedellemc/libstorage
-    version: v0.5.0 # libstorage-version
+    version: v0.5.1 # libstorage-version
     repo:    https://github.com/codedellemc/libstorage # libstorage-repo
 
   - package: github.com/akutz/gofig
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index f300e5908..a24ab0368 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-hash: 101063ad9e4c6b33478f1065dacc43b8cebfe947dc12c6a4f91be98607b5e412
-updated: 2017-02-24T16:30:58.261402-06:00
+hash: 2f1b14e343815d8915b57d9018558d3bf45d5a54bb1c15f88ff5dd6fa29f9bed
+updated: 2017-02-24T20:26:42.455848439-06:00
 imports:
 - name: cloud.google.com/go
   version: e4de3dc4493f142c5833f3185e1182025a61f805
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ imports:
   subpackages:
   - logrus
 - name: github.com/codedellemc/libstorage
-  version: 9dd3292292a2d9e94966e6ca9d744147cc65b2c0
+  version: 35c7b6d96d5f17aa0c0379924615ae22c1ad3d45
   repo: https://github.com/codedellemc/libstorage
   subpackages:
   - api
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index d03fba0e8..23af765c4 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import:
     repo:    https://github.com/akutz/logrus
 
   - package: github.com/codedellemc/libstorage
-    version: v0.5.0 # libstorage-version
+    version: v0.5.1 # libstorage-version
     repo:    https://github.com/codedellemc/libstorage # libstorage-repo
 
   - package: github.com/akutz/gofig