diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b4e4d8..d8a5d78 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libp2p-tcp",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.8.1",
   "description": "Node.js implementation of the TCP module that libp2p uses, which implements the interface-connection and interface-transport interfaces",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "jsnext:main": "src/index.js",