diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c1ddf9f..950edb9 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ### This is yajl-tcl, a direct Tcl interface to the yajl JSON generator library.
 
-*Version 1.7.0*
+*Version 1.8.1*
 
 This package is a freely available open source package under the "Berkeley" license, same as Tcl.  You can do virtually anything you like with it, such as modifying it, redistributing it, and selling it either in whole or in part. See the file "LICENSE" for complete information.
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8fbd8f8..0000f1e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl	to configure the system for the local environment.
 # so you can encode the package version directly into the source files.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_INIT([yajltcl],[1.8.1])
+AC_INIT([yajltcl], [1.8.1])
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Call TEA_INIT as the first TEA_ macro to set up initial vars.
diff --git a/doc/yajl-tcl.man b/doc/yajl-tcl.man
index b697398..7bfeb2d 100644
--- a/doc/yajl-tcl.man
+++ b/doc/yajl-tcl.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[manpage_begin yajl-tcl n 1.7.0]
+[manpage_begin yajl-tcl n 1.8.1]
 [moddesc   {Tcl bindings for Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL)}]
 [copyright {2010 FlightAware LLC (BSD License)}]
 [titledesc {Tcl bindings for Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL)}]
diff --git a/update_ver.sh b/update_ver.sh
index 0e8cf45..c92884b 100755
--- a/update_ver.sh
+++ b/update_ver.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 # This script simplifies the process of incrementing all version numbers for a new release.
 
-NEWVER="1.7.0"
+NEWVER="1.8.1"
 
-perl -p -i -e "s/^(AC_INIT\\(\\[[a-z_]+\\],) \\[[0-9.]+\\]/\\1 \\[$NEWVER\\]/" configure.in
+perl -p -i -e "s/^(AC_INIT\\(\\[[a-z_]+\\],) ?\\[[0-9.]+\\]/\\1 \\[$NEWVER\\]/" configure.in
 
 perl -p -i -e "s/^(\*Version) [0-9.]+(\*)/\\1 $NEWVER\\2/" README.md