diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5e2f154..420e3e08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+# 1.8.1 / 2016-08-15
+
+### Notes
+
+* [BUGFIX] Updating Changelog and README.
+
 # 1.8.0 / 2016-08-15
 
 ### Notes
@@ -241,4 +247,4 @@ Changes
 [@pabrahamsson]: https://github.com/pabrahamsson
 [@rtyler]: https://github.com/rtyler
 [@scottgeary]: https://github.com/scottgeary
-[@tuxinaut]: https://github.com/tuxinaut
\ No newline at end of file
+[@tuxinaut]: https://github.com/tuxinaut
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 97783a64..620f8b52 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "datadog-datadog_agent",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.8.1,
   "author": "James Turnbull (<james@lovedthanlost.net>) and Rob Terhaar (<rob@atlanticdynamic>) for Datadog Inc.",
   "summary": "Install the Datadog monitoring agent and report Puppet runs to Datadog",
   "license": "Apache License, Version 2.0",