diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 885b0568..453a698e 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.80
+0.81
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b9a37a96..5f020f7a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v0.80')
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v0.81')
 
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
 
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index 1e548411..84368461 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     appInfo.pApplicationName      = nullptr;
     appInfo.applicationVersion    = 0;
     appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 8, 0);
+    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 8, 1);
     appInfo.apiVersion            = 0;
     
     VkInstanceCreateInfo info;