diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c0ac6466e..629c97b48 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 # Updating the version here will update it throughout ImHex as well
-set(IMHEX_VERSION "1.8.0")
+set(IMHEX_VERSION "1.8.1")
 project(imhex VERSION ${IMHEX_VERSION})
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)