diff --git a/plotly/version.py b/plotly/version.py
index f1f5c3fe6ca..c6e68fa79ee 100644
--- a/plotly/version.py
+++ b/plotly/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.1'