diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 431dc22a81..efd925f3c2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+4.8.1 (2023-10-17)
+==================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+----
+
+
 4.8.0 (2023-09-13)
 ==================
 
diff --git a/galaxy_ng/__init__.py b/galaxy_ng/__init__.py
index c65c285e88..31b1ac4352 100644
--- a/galaxy_ng/__init__.py
+++ b/galaxy_ng/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 sys.modules.setdefault("automated_logging", automated_logging)
 
-__version__ = "4.8.0"
+__version__ = "4.8.1"
 
 default_app_config = "galaxy_ng.app.PulpGalaxyPluginAppConfig"
diff --git a/galaxy_ng/app/__init__.py b/galaxy_ng/app/__init__.py
index 2c1a8a5114..7cddeff714 100644
--- a/galaxy_ng/app/__init__.py
+++ b/galaxy_ng/app/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class PulpGalaxyPluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "galaxy_ng.app"
     label = "galaxy"
-    version = "4.8.0"
+    version = "4.8.1"
     python_package_name = "galaxy-ng"
 
     def ready(self):
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6bfbccce07..ec19465087 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.8.0
+current_version = 4.8.1
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>[a-z]+))?((?P<build>\d+))?
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 103a06c761..06f7919fbe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist as _SDistCommand
 
 package_name = os.environ.get("GALAXY_NG_ALTERNATE_NAME", "galaxy-ng")
-version = "4.8.0"
+version = "4.8.1"
 
 
 class PrepareStaticCommand(Command):