diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 941565f..506160c 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Spek requires OS X 10.5+ and an Intel-based Mac.
 To build Spek, download the source code tarball then run these commands from
 terminal, adjusting the path to wx-config as necessary:
 
-    tar -xJvf spek-0.8.0.tar.xz
-    cd spek-0.8.0
+    tar -xJvf spek-0.8.1.tar.xz
+    cd spek-0.8.1
     ./configure --with-wx-config=/path/to/wx-config
     make
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index febf95c..2985922 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ Spek is available on *BSD, GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
 
 Find out more about Spek on its website: <http://spek-project.org/>
 
-## Spek 0.8.0 - Released 2012-09-23
+## Spek 0.8.1 - Released 2012-09-27
 
 ### New Features And Enhancements
 
-Spek 0.8.0 is part of beta 0.x releases, leading up to a stable 1.0 release
+Spek 0.8.1 is part of beta 0.x releases, leading up to a stable 1.0 release
 (hopefully) later this year. The roadmap is available on
 [GitHub](https://github.com/alexkay/spek/issues/milestones).
 
@@ -40,18 +40,19 @@ Bugfixes:
  * Fixed compilation with newer FFmpeg and libav versions.
  * Proper handling of Unicode file names under Windows (upstream fix).
  * Don't lock the input file on Windows (#26).
+ * Fixed mapping of the spectral density into the palette.
 
 ### Sources / Packages
 
-Spek 0.8.0 tarball:
+Spek 0.8.1 tarball:
 
- * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.0.tar.xz>
+ * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.1.tar.xz>
 
 Windows and Mac OS X binaries:
 
- * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.0.msi>
- * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.0.zip>
- * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.0.dmg>
+ * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.1.msi>
+ * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.1.zip>
+ * <https://github.com/downloads/alexkay/spek/spek-0.8.1.dmg>
 
 Unix packages:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ec971c3..309e0a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([spek],[0.8.0])
+AC_INIT([spek],[0.8.1])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/spek.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz])