diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 25d21a1b50c5d4b82a185969adc77dcdefb6de31_TkVXUw==..d9d57d2f47c76f08714daf89ab44a178fbd8a2f0_TkVXUw== 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 Releases
 ========
 
-v1.8.1 (DD MM YYYY)
--------------------
+v1.8.1 (6th Nov 2012)
+---------------------
 
 * #90: Ensure that callbacks handed to `SFTPClient.get()` always fire at least
   once, even for zero-length files downloaded. Thanks to Github user `@enB` for
diff --git a/paramiko/__init__.py b/paramiko/__init__.py
index 25d21a1b50c5d4b82a185969adc77dcdefb6de31_cGFyYW1pa28vX19pbml0X18ucHk=..d9d57d2f47c76f08714daf89ab44a178fbd8a2f0_cGFyYW1pa28vX19pbml0X18ucHk= 100644
--- a/paramiko/__init__.py
+++ b/paramiko/__init__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 
 __author__ = "Jeff Forcier <jeff@bitprophet.org>"
-__version__ = "1.8.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.1"
 __license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)"
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25d21a1b50c5d4b82a185969adc77dcdefb6de31_c2V0dXAucHk=..d9d57d2f47c76f08714daf89ab44a178fbd8a2f0_c2V0dXAucHk= 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 
 setup(name = "paramiko",
-      version = "1.8.0",
+      version = "1.8.1",
       description = "SSH2 protocol library",
       author = "Jeff Forcier",
       author_email = "jeff@bitprophet.org",