diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89fe318..bced087 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Change Log
 
-## Unreleased
+## Version 1.8.1 - 2016-07-27
 ### Fixed
 
 *   Fix `rake console` to run a command-line console with ransack + seed data.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6900f1..cb8541a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ instead.
 If you're viewing this at
 [github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack](https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack),
 you're reading the documentation for the master branch with the latest features.
-[View documentation for the last release (1.8.0).](https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack/tree/v1.8.0)
+[View documentation for the last release (1.8.1).](https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack/tree/v1.8.1)
 
 ## Getting started
 
diff --git a/lib/ransack/version.rb b/lib/ransack/version.rb
index 8289c4f..da73c97 100644
--- a/lib/ransack/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ransack/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Ransack
-  VERSION = '1.8.0'
+  VERSION = '1.8.1'
 end