diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8a8a673..32e9476 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ripgrep"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "atty 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bytecount 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8d4aeec..51108f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ripgrep"
-version = "0.8.0"  #:version
+version = "0.8.1"  #:version
 authors = ["Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>"]
 description = """
 Line oriented search tool using Rust's regex library. Combines the raw
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 777c34f..b147b16 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ then ripgrep can be installed using a binary `.deb` file provided in each
 ripgrep is not in the official Debian or Ubuntu repositories.
 
 ```
-$ curl -LO https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/0.8.0/ripgrep_0.8.0_amd64.deb
-$ sudo dpkg -i ripgrep_0.8.0_amd64.deb
+$ curl -LO https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/0.8.1/ripgrep_0.8.1_amd64.deb
+$ sudo dpkg -i ripgrep_0.8.1_amd64.deb
 ```
 
 If you're an **Ubuntu** user, ripgrep can be installed from the `snap` store.