diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 61c38aa4..7d084960 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 
-OpenSC Release 0.8.0
+OpenSC Release 0.8.1
 ====================
 
-We are pleased to announce the availability of OpenSC 0.8.0.
+We are pleased to announce the availability of OpenSC 0.8.1.
 
 OpenSC provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart
 cards. Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic operations,
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a7ae9da0..a1741082 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ New in 0.8.1; 2003-09-xx; Olaf Kirch:
   - Renamed debug/error functions to sc_debug/sc_error
   - Don't DER-en/decode the data in a pkcs15 object
   - Portability fixes for the OpenCT reader driver
-* Fixed CRLF parsing for libscconf
+* libscconf: Fixed CRLF parsing for UNIX platforms
 * Added PKCS#11 spy module by Mathias Brossard
 * Other minor bug/build fixes and cleanups
 
diff --git a/src/include/winconfig.h b/src/include/winconfig.h
index bfac5f22..ff4198e7 100644
--- a/src/include/winconfig.h
+++ b/src/include/winconfig.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 
 #define PATH_MAX _MAX_PATH
 
+#ifndef VERSION
+#define VERSION "0.8.1"
+#endif
+
 /* src/common/getpass.c */
 extern char *getpass(const char *prompt);
 
diff --git a/win32/version.rc b/win32/version.rc
index 580c552c..04d9b616 100644
--- a/win32/version.rc
+++ b/win32/version.rc
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK
 #endif
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 0,8,0,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 0,8,0,0
+ FILEVERSION 0,8,1,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 0,8,1,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
  FILEFLAGS 0x0L
  FILEOS 0x40004L
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ BEGIN
         BLOCK "080904b0"
         BEGIN
             VALUE "Description", "OpenSC PKCS#11 library\0"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "0, 8, 0, 0\0"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "0, 8, 0, 0\0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "0, 8, 1, 0\0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "0, 8, 1, 0\0"
             VALUE "Licence", "LGPL\0"
             VALUE "Info", "http://www.opensc.org/\0"
         END