diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 96ddc39..76c5ab5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1.8.1 - 2019-12-17
+==================
+
+- Fixes a documentation generation error (by Mathias Lang aka Geod24) - [pull #187][issue187]
+
+[issue187]: https://github.com/vibe-d/vibe-core/issues/187
+
+
 1.8.0 - 2019-12-07
 ==================
 
diff --git a/source/vibe/core/core.d b/source/vibe/core/core.d
index ff1feb8..f188b20 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/core.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/core.d
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ void setTaskCreationCallback(TaskCreationCallback func)
 /**
 	A version string representing the current vibe.d core version
 */
-enum vibeVersionString = "1.8.0";
+enum vibeVersionString = "1.8.1";
 
 
 /**