diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index aaf55d3c5bb6..09cae3bb7e3c 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Oscar"
 uuid = "f1435218-dba5-11e9-1e4d-f1a5fab5fc13"
 authors = ["The OSCAR Team <oscar@mathematik.uni-kl.de>"]
-version = "0.8.1-DEV"
+version = "0.8.1"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractAlgebra = "c3fe647b-3220-5bb0-a1ea-a7954cac585d"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21985a34db2b..8a915039ea16 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ julia> using Oscar
  -----    -----    -----   -     -  -     -
 
 ...combining (and extending) ANTIC, GAP, Polymake and Singular
-Version 0.8.1-DEV ...
+Version 0.8.1 ...
 ... which comes with absolutely no warranty whatsoever
 Type: '?Oscar' for more information
 (c) 2019-2022 by The Oscar Development Team
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ PropertyValue wrapping pm::Array<polymake::topaz::HomologyGroup<pm::Integer>>
 If you have used OSCAR in the preparation of a paper please cite it as described below:
 
     [OSCAR]
-        OSCAR -- Open Source Computer Algebra Research system, Version 0.8.1-DEV The OSCAR Team, 2022. (https://oscar.computeralgebra.de)
+        OSCAR -- Open Source Computer Algebra Research system, Version 0.8.1 The OSCAR Team, 2022. (https://oscar.computeralgebra.de)
     [OSCAR-book]
         Christian Eder, Wolfram Decker, Claus Fieker, Max Horn, Michael Joswig, The OSCAR book, 2024.
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ If you are using BibTeX, you can use the following BibTeX entries:
       key          = {OSCAR},
       organization = {The OSCAR Team},
       title        = {OSCAR -- Open Source Computer Algebra Research system,
-                      Version 0.8.1-DEV},
+                      Version 0.8.1},
       year         = {2022},
       url          = {https://oscar.computeralgebra.de},
       }