diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b77e3cc58..30505b0b8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.8.0
+v2.8.1
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
index 0c78417fe..1fd623785 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Icinga\Application;
  */
 class Version
 {
-    const VERSION = '2.8.0';
+    const VERSION = '2.8.1';
 
     /**
      * Get the version of this instance of Icinga Web 2
diff --git a/modules/doc/module.info b/modules/doc/module.info
index 6abbc7986..0be71b07d 100644
--- a/modules/doc/module.info
+++ b/modules/doc/module.info
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Module: doc
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Description: Documentation module
  Extracts, shows and exports documentation for Icinga Web 2 and its modules.
diff --git a/modules/migrate/module.info b/modules/migrate/module.info
index 97a7a778a..082d9566b 100644
--- a/modules/migrate/module.info
+++ b/modules/migrate/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: migrate
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Description: Migrate module
  This module was introduced with the domain-aware authentication feature in version 2.5.0.
  It helps you migrating users and user configurations according to a given domain.
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/module.info b/modules/monitoring/module.info
index 6a7188ebe..08dd9a0ff 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/module.info
+++ b/modules/monitoring/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: monitoring
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Description: Icinga monitoring module
  IDO accessor and UI for your monitoring. This is the initial instalment for a
  graphical presentation of Icinga environments. The predecessor of Icinga DB.
diff --git a/modules/setup/module.info b/modules/setup/module.info
index 72cfd45de..29e84b7b5 100644
--- a/modules/setup/module.info
+++ b/modules/setup/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: setup
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Description: Setup module
  Web based wizard for setting up Icinga Web 2 and its modules.
  This includes the data backends (e.g. relational database, LDAP),
diff --git a/modules/test/module.info b/modules/test/module.info
index 7aa42a778..1c46c73fd 100644
--- a/modules/test/module.info
+++ b/modules/test/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: test
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Description: Translation module
  This module allows developers to run (unit) tests against Icinga Web 2 and
  any of its modules. Usually you do not need to enable this.
diff --git a/modules/translation/module.info b/modules/translation/module.info
index ac6e3a284..6a590ce93 100644
--- a/modules/translation/module.info
+++ b/modules/translation/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: translation
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Description: Translation module
  This module allows developers and translators to translate Icinga Web 2 and
  its modules for multiple languages. You do not need this module to run an