diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 26e4b85ff..fbb258fc0 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 0        // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 8        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 0        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 1        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 	VariantMeta  = "pulse"  // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )