diff --git a/docs/src/installation.md b/docs/src/installation.md
index b98de73..02faaf0 100644
--- a/docs/src/installation.md
+++ b/docs/src/installation.md
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ This tool is not meant to be used by end-users who want to run a single target,
 To us it simply download the latest binary from the [releases page](https://github.com/haddocking/haddock-runner/releases):
 
 ```bash
-$ wget https://github.com/haddocking/haddock-runner/releases/download/v1.8.0/haddock-runner_1.8.0_linux_386.tar.gz
-$ tar -zxvf haddock-runner_1.8.0_linux_386.tar.gz
+$ wget https://github.com/haddocking/haddock-runner/releases/download/v1.8.1/haddock-runner_1.8.1_linux_386.tar.gz
+$ tar -zxvf haddock-runner_1.8.1_linux_386.tar.gz
 $ ./haddock-runner -version
-haddock-runner version v1.8.0
+haddock-runner version v1.8.1
 ```
 
 Alternatively, you can build the latest version from source (you probably don't need to do that), make sure [go](https://go.dev/doc/install) is installed and run the following commands:
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/haddocking/haddock-runner.git
 $ cd haddock-runner
 $ go build -o haddock-runner
 $ ./haddock-runner -version
-haddock-runner version v1.8.0
+haddock-runner version v1.8.1
 ```
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c125547..6e40468 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
-const version = "v1.8.0"
+const version = "v1.8.1"
 
 func init() {
 	var versionPrint bool