diff --git a/wakatime/__about__.py b/wakatime/__about__.py
index 08f1587..1389dbd 100644
--- a/wakatime/__about__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
 __description__ = 'Common interface to the WakaTime api.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime'
-__version_info__ = ('10', '8', '0')
+__version_info__ = ('10', '8', '1')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __author_email__ = 'alan@wakatime.com'