diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
index cdac8aa28..480950a27 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ import static processing.app.helpers.filefilters.OnlyDirs.ONLY_DIRS;
 public class BaseNoGui {
 
   /** Version string to be used for build */
-  public static final int REVISION = 10800;
+  public static final int REVISION = 10801;
   /** Extended version string displayed on GUI */
-  public static final String VERSION_NAME = "1.8.0";
+  public static final String VERSION_NAME = "1.8.1";
   public static final String VERSION_NAME_LONG;
 
   // Current directory to use for relative paths specified on the
diff --git a/build/shared/revisions.txt b/build/shared/revisions.txt
index 6fc07f4a2..e6c82709e 100644
--- a/build/shared/revisions.txt
+++ b/build/shared/revisions.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ARDUINO 1.8.1
+
+
 ARDUINO 1.8.0 - 2016.12.20
 
 [ide]