diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 11eb8df..b622d97 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## 2.8.1
+* Fixed installation for out-of-source builds
+* Documentation updates
+
 ## 2.8.0
 * Deprecated `version_compare3()` as well, as it would create ambiguities
   for higher level language wrappers
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index afa7a14..499e942 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.0)
 
 SET(VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 SET(VERSION_MINOR 8)
-SET(VERSION_PATCH 0)
+SET(VERSION_PATCH 1)
 
 SET(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")