diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 62266ac..39f1297 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.0
+current_version = 1.8.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 files = pyproject.toml decoupler/__init__.py
diff --git a/decoupler/__init__.py b/decoupler/__init__.py
index 1b7a5a5..36c775f 100644
--- a/decoupler/__init__.py
+++ b/decoupler/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '1.8.0'  # noqa: F401
+__version__ = '1.8.1'  # noqa: F401
 __version_info__ = tuple([int(num) for num in __version__.split('.')])  # noqa: F401
 
 from .pre import extract, match, rename_net, get_net_mat, filt_min_n, mask_features, return_data, break_ties  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 825ddf0..cc8a8a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "decoupler"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 description = "Ensemble of methods to infer biological activities from omics data"
 license = "gpl-3.0-only"
 authors = [