diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2f60278b..184435e0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ask CVS about it:
 
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-2.8.1 (2003????)
+2.8.1 (20031005)
   NOTE: Requires i2c-2.8.1 or newer!
   File sensors.conf.eg: Improved adm1025 section
                         Default temp labels for as99127f
diff --git a/lm_sensors.lsm b/lm_sensors.lsm
index 3b9ad53c..706ff2f0 100644
--- a/lm_sensors.lsm
+++ b/lm_sensors.lsm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Begin3
 Title: lm_sensors
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Entered-date: 29DEC98
 Description: Hardware health monitoring package for Linux. It consists of 
              kernel modules to access sensor chips and SMBus hardware,
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 32a541cc..6fe2e3ba 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define LM_DATE "20030714"
-#define LM_VERSION "2.8.0"
+#define LM_DATE "20031005"
+#define LM_VERSION "2.8.1"