diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9c1824f..3bac3ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "chainerror"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1-alpha.1"
 authors = ["Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"