diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d041508..c6297dc3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,29 @@
 # unreleased
 
 ## Features
-- Added `From` and `Display` traits for each color struct, see #133 (@bresilla)
 
 ## Bugfixes
+
 ## Changes
+
 ## Other
 
 ## Packaging
 
+
+
+# v0.8.1
+
+## Features
+
+- Added `From` and `Display` traits for each color struct, see #133 (@bresilla)
+
+## Other
+
+- Updated `lexical-core` dependency to fix a compile error with newer Rust versions
+
+## Packaging
+
 - `pastel` is now available on snapstore, see #130 (@purveshpatel511)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8e93e783..3604c512 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pastel"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "approx",
  "assert_cmd",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f0f3b9f6..c5caf8eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 name = "pastel"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 edition = "2018"
 build = "build.rs"
 exclude = ["doc/pastel.gif"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3efac181..c9e3b368 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ echo " word"
 
 You can download the latest Debian package from the [release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel/releases) and install it via `dpkg`:
 ``` bash
-wget "https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel/releases/download/v0.8.0/pastel_0.8.0_amd64.deb"
-sudo dpkg -i pastel_0.8.0_amd64.deb
+wget "https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel/releases/download/v0.8.1/pastel_0.8.1_amd64.deb"
+sudo dpkg -i pastel_0.8.1_amd64.deb
 ```
 
 ### On Arch Linux