diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 0695684..d85067e 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [unreleased]
+## [1.8.1] - 2018-05-16
 ### Fix
 - Fix module field inside package.json was pointing to src file that is not present in new npm module, pointed it to dist folder now. (issue#91)
 - (Webpack) Issue #85: Output global object must be 'this'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7968c42..381a210 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dicom-parser",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.8.1",
   "description": "Javascript parser for DICOM Part 10 data",
   "main": "dist/dicomParser.min.js",
   "module": "dist/dicomParser.min.js",
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
index 7618103..0c12565 100644
--- a/src/version.js
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default '1.8.0';
+export default '1.8.1';