diff --git a/python-sdk/src/astro/__init__.py b/python-sdk/src/astro/__init__.py
index ea15fbaff8..8db1f00826 100644
--- a/python-sdk/src/astro/__init__.py
+++ b/python-sdk/src/astro/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """A decorator that allows users to run SQL queries natively in Airflow."""
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0.dev1"
+__version__ = "1.8.1"
 
 
 # This is needed to allow Airflow to pick up specific metadata fields it needs