diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+Wed Sep 16 2020 Piotr Balcer <piotr.balcer@intel.com>
+
+	* Version 1.8.1
+
+	Detailed list of bug fixes:
+	- test: Fix obj_zones for ppc64le
+	- doc: fix return type of pmemobj_tx_stage()
+	- common: fix calculation of bad blocks in os_badblocks_get()
+	- pmem: Fix data cache flush on ppc64
+	- obj: fix run allocated recalculation
+	- obj: fix failure atomicity bug in huge allocs
+	- obj: add missing drain after ulog processing
+
 Fri Jan 31 2020 Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
 
 	* Version 1.8
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-$Format:%h$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ To build from source, clone this tree:
 
 For a stable version, checkout a [release tag](https://github.com/pmem/pmdk/releases) as follows. Otherwise skip this step to build the latest development release.
 ```
-	$ git checkout tags/1.8
+	$ git checkout tags/1.8.1
 ```
 
 Once the build system is setup, the Persistent Memory Development Kit is built using the `make` command at the top level:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+1.8.1