diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d3998f6225e3e8dfbe81fd98bf3152dc51ce42c..68012821d79409d3a8b7eb1ef4c53094d30f6c28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased] ##
+
+### Added ###
+
+### Changed ###
+
+### Deprecated ###
+
+### Removed ###
+
+### Fixed ###
+
+### Security ###
+
+### Documentation ###
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2023-05-30 ##
 (Florian Spreckelsen)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3487be6a3e4eaa3fc3f96e3654985c6e53f81747..6fb337363ed7e3500c4f9b7c7fa64ed35135f9fb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 8
-MICRO = 0
+MICRO = 1
 PRE = ""  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
-ISRELEASED = True
+ISRELEASED = False
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index 9db07d72a4178e2d09761aef752ebe13b20a8856..4436981e354210a188cb1038489f698c48b65dd2 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ copyright = '2021, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.8.0'
+version = '0.8.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.8.0'
+release = '0.8.1-dev'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------