diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index def2182..b533ff1 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+PyHamtools 0.8.1
+================
+
+05. December 2022
+
+* removed debug print statement from QRZ.com queries
+
+
+
 PyHamtools 0.8.0
 ================
 
diff --git a/pyhamtools/version.py b/pyhamtools/version.py
index 9ac805f..3060626 100644
--- a/pyhamtools/version.py
+++ b/pyhamtools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (0, 8, 0)
+VERSION = (0, 8, 1)
 __release__ = ''.join(['-.'[type(x) == int]+str(x) for x in VERSION])[1:]
 __version__ = '.'.join((str(VERSION[0]), str(VERSION[1])))