diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a70d874bc978e3db7c820dcf3e2c668aa0dfb07..37e7d6a41146cdf32f22283e2b8d005b1cff4a91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Aparapi Changelog
 
+## 1.8.1
+
 ## 1.8.0
+
 * Updated KernelManager to facilitate class extensions having constructors with non static parameters
 * Enable kernel profiling and execution simultaneously on multiple devices (multiple threads calling same kernel class on multiple devices)
 * Fixed JVM crash when multi-dimensional arrays were used in Local memory (2D and 3D local arrays are now supported)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbefb5cdf1766494133798574ddd1b0e7cd1cda5..33c1e1c2fca2cc4fc92a64eb58cdc91471bced3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.aparapi</groupId>
     <artifactId>aparapi</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <prerequisites>