diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b30e62100..517c7deaa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-AC_INIT([wolfssl],[3.8.0],[https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl/issues],[wolfssl],[http://www.wolfssl.com])
+AC_INIT([wolfssl],[3.8.1],[https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl/issues],[wolfssl],[http://www.wolfssl.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 
diff --git a/support/wolfssl.pc b/support/wolfssl.pc
index 80301285d..30e8eba24 100644
--- a/support/wolfssl.pc
+++ b/support/wolfssl.pc
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: wolfssl
 Description: wolfssl C library.
-Version: 3.8.0
+Version: 3.8.1
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lwolfssl
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/wolfssl/version.h b/wolfssl/version.h
index ba077958f..d349140b5 100644
--- a/wolfssl/version.h
+++ b/wolfssl/version.h
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_STRING "3.8.0"
-#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_HEX 0x03008000
+#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_STRING "3.8.1"
+#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_HEX 0x03008001
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }