diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 653c37f..c3a0171 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+xmpp4r-simple (0.8.1)
+
+  [ Blaine Cook ]
+  * Make the deferred_delivery method public
+
+-- Blaine Cook <blaine@obvious.com>  Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:39:14 -0800
+
+
 xmpp4r-simple (0.8.0)
 
   [ Blaine Cook ]
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 343a3a5..bdb733c 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require 'rcov/rcovtask'
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s| 
   s.add_dependency('xmpp4r', '>= 0.3.0')
   s.name = "xmpp4r-simple" 
-  s.version = "0.8.0" 
+  s.version = "0.8.1" 
   s.author = "Blaine Cook" 
   s.email = "romeda@gmail.com" 
   s.homepage = "http://xmpp4r-simple.rubyforge.org/"