diff --git a/helpdesk/__init__.py b/helpdesk/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1e0..8088f7513 100644
--- a/helpdesk/__init__.py
+++ b/helpdesk/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"