diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3b588e7..14d143d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [root]
 name = "watchexec"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 2.22.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09d8ce3..3327c5c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "watchexec"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 authors = ["Matt Green <mattgreenrocks@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Executes commands in response to file modifications"
 documentation = "https://github.com/mattgreen/watchexec"