diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f3664ce1..13fd0bed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake )
 #
 set(GETTEXT_PACKAGE "geary")
 set(RELEASE_NAME "Lightweight email client for GNOME.")
-set(VERSION "0.8.0")
+set(VERSION "0.8.1")
 set(VERSION_INFO "Release")
 set(LANGUAGE_SUPPORT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/locale)
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 45cac546..5be48cda 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Geary 0.8.1 - 7 October 2014
+----------------------------
+
+  * Display properly-scaled icons under GTK+ 3.14
+  * Don't show composer close/detach buttons twice under GTK+ 3.14
+  * Fix code analysis errors reported by newest Vala
+  * gcr-3 minimum version requirement not specified
+  * Properly install French online help
+  * Czech online help added
+  * Updated Spanish, German translations
+
+
 Geary 0.8.0 - 19 September 2014
 -------------------------------
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 09298ae1..6824a25c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+geary (0.8.1-1~trusty1) trusty; urgency=low
+
+  * Display properly-scaled icons under GTK+ 3.14
+  * Don't show composer close/detach buttons twice under GTK+ 3.14
+  * Fix code analysis errors reported by newest Vala
+  * gcr-3 minimum version requirement not specified
+  * Properly install French online help
+  * Czech online help added
+  * Updated Spanish, German translations
+
+ -- Jim Nelson <jim@yorba.org>  Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:23:20 -0700
+
 geary (0.8.0-1~trusty1) trusty; urgency=low
 
   * Enforce CSS scope style rules when viewing emails