diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b4000b0..ddbd64b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 What’s new in django-cachalot?
 ==============================
 
+0.8.1
+-----
+
+- Fixes an issue with pip if Django is not yet installed
+
+
 0.8.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/cachalot/__init__.py b/cachalot/__init__.py
index 856964c..97f87d1 100644
--- a/cachalot/__init__.py
+++ b/cachalot/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = (0, 8, 0, 'post')
+__version__ = (0, 8, 1)
 version_string = '.'.join(str(n) for n in __version__)