diff --git a/twilio/__init__.py b/twilio/__init__.py
index 7b18a2da83..06e3e21b72 100644
--- a/twilio/__init__.py
+++ b/twilio/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
-__version_info__ = ('6', '8', '0')
+__version_info__ = ('6', '8', '1')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)