diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9ad73b2aa6bc13b276c3cb40d180f3886a4d93c..fd7168cd52294e15368a5ff17094dedd7bd5f2fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 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] - 2024-08-23 ##
 
 ### Added ###
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1e321bba1233f3672c1848248145839bc8d4f79b..d272097e59ba5c256667a1fb9eef05bffff1fca3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = caoscrawler
-version = 0.8.0
+version = 0.8.1
 author = Alexander Schlemmer
 author_email = alexander.schlemmer@ds.mpg.de
 description = A new crawler for caosdb
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index 586f622150300f16e7ed669a19a09e43dbd46061..fc4ca0bea1742c99375c2a30bad42924180f7507 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ copyright = '2024, IndiScale'
 author = 'Alexander Schlemmer'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.8.0'
+version = '0.8.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 # release = '0.5.2-rc2'
-release = '0.8.0'
+release = '0.8.1-dev'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------