diff --git a/acorn.js b/acorn.js
index da2b19c778..bf3a397b64 100644
--- a/acorn.js
+++ b/acorn.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 })(this, function(exports) {
   "use strict";
 
-  exports.version = "0.8.0";
+  exports.version = "0.8.1";
 
   // The main exported interface (under `self.acorn` when in the
   // browser) is a `parse` function that takes a code string and
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 269ca95464..7b01a78540 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "description": "ECMAScript parser",
     "homepage": "http://marijnhaverbeke.nl/acorn/",
     "main": "acorn.js",
-    "version": "0.8.0",
+    "version": "0.8.1",
     "engines": {"node": ">=0.4.0"},
     "maintainers": [{"name": "Marijn Haverbeke",
                      "email": "marijnh@gmail.com",