diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d6e4424..581a418 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ v0.7.4 Mon Jun 22 -- Fix for setup.py issues
 v0.7.5 Wed Jul 1 -- Public access to sentimentHQ api
 v0.7.6 Tue Jul 7 -- Add Keywords API
 v0.8.0 Fri Jul 10 -- Add Content Filtering API, Named Entities API, Facial Emotion with Localization
+v0.8.1 Wed Fri 22 -- Add Sentiment HQ to predict_text API
diff --git a/indicoio/__init__.py b/indicoio/__init__.py
index 628fb95..9db9de6 100644
--- a/indicoio/__init__.py
+++ b/indicoio/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from functools import partial
 
-Version, version, __version__, VERSION = ('0.8.0',) * 4
+Version, version, __version__, VERSION = ('0.8.1',) * 4
 
 JSON_HEADERS = {
     'Content-type': 'application/json',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b2b08d..b34cec7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 setup(
     name="IndicoIo",
-    version="0.8.0",
+    version="0.8.1",
     packages=[
         "indicoio",
         "indicoio.text",