diff --git a/kokoro/__init__.py b/kokoro/__init__.py
index 2d7dece..2507340 100644
--- a/kokoro/__init__.py
+++ b/kokoro/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '0.8.1'
 
 from loguru import logger
 import sys
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f41e626..1c73610 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "kokoro"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 description = "TTS"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [