diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index 794d626..b8d3ae2 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # version
 _version_major = 8
 _version_minor = 0
-_version_patch = 0
+_version_patch = 1
 _version_extra = ".dev"
 # _version_extra = "rc1"
 _version_extra = ""  # Uncomment this for full releases