diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cbab2c4d..edfc8d59 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([sugar-toolkit],[0.81.7],[],[sugar-toolkit])
+AC_INIT([sugar-toolkit],[0.81.8],[],[sugar-toolkit])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])