diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1df7a96..87e2b2f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+New in 0.8.1
+============
+
+* Keep version of bindings at 0.7 (#27) [Marco]
+
+Contributors:
+  Marco Trevisan
+
 New in 0.8.0
 ============
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3c56a44..9fef085 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('libnotify',
   'c',
-  version: '0.8.0',
+  version: '0.8.1',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0')
 
 gnome = import('gnome')