diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e33006891..3d537ac35d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ endif()
 # version string, else they are combined with the result of `git describe`.
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MINOR 8)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 1)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "") # for package maintainers
 
 # API level
diff --git a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
index e8d392ec7d..ff7694cb54 100644
--- a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
+++ b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </screenshots>
 
   <releases>
+    <release date="2022-11-14" version="0.8.1"/>
     <release date="2022-09-30" version="0.8.0"/>
     <release date="2022-04-15" version="0.7.0"/>
     <release date="2021-12-31" version="0.6.1"/>