diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 05ba2f49..8eecf875 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 History
 -------
 
+0.8.1 (2011-11-15)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+* URL Request path fix
+* Proxy fix.
+* Timeouts fix.
 
 0.8.0 (2011-11-13)
 ++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index e3a9d2a0..b42d1210 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ requests
 """
 
 __title__ = 'requests'
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
-__build__ = 0x000800
+__version__ = '0.8.1'
+__build__ = 0x000801
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __license__ = 'ISC'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2011 Kenneth Reitz'