diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 945122535d401bf126d04ec787b59f5261f71edf..4a2a9ea055c3c032ce0825a7d3ac38753c057265 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ option(ENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON "Build Python wrappers" OFF)
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 0)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 1)
 set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Gmsh extra version string")
 
 set(GMSH_VERSION "${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}")