diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f792b2971..4dcd15024 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 News for libStorageMgmt
 
+1.8.1: May 24 2019
+    * Bug fix
+      - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1585169
+
 1.8.0: Apr 16 2019
     * Bug fixes
       - Invalid vpd 0x83 value,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d031db836..aa257a66f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Copyright (C) 2011-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
 dnl See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 AC_INIT(
-    [libstoragemgmt], [1.8.0], [libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org],
+    [libstoragemgmt], [1.8.1], [libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org],
     [], [https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])