diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index e6cd537a..c0689ca3 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: 0.8.0
+version: 0.8.1
 
 # considered years for output data
 years : [2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, 2050]
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3c80496c..f015d781 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = u'0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'0.8.0'
+release = u'0.8.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/release_notes.rst b/docs/release_notes.rst
index 6136eed6..3d24c828 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release_notes.rst
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@ Release Notes
 .. Upcoming Release
 .. ================
 
+
+Technology-Data 0.8.1 (28 February 2024)
+========================================
+* adjust currency year in some DEA input data
+
 Technology-Data 0.8.0 (19 February 2024)
 =======================================
 
 * Update currency year from 2015 to 2020. Add a currency year for each data
   input. The inflation rate is taken `Eurostat HICP - annual data (average index
   and rate of change)
-  <https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/dataflow/ESTAT/prc_hicp_aind/1.0?references=descendants&detail=referencepartial&format=sdmx_2.1_generic&compressed=true>`_. 
+  <https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/dataflow/ESTAT/prc_hicp_aind/1.0?references=descendants&detail=referencepartial&format=sdmx_2.1_generic&compressed=true>`_.
 
 Technology-Data 0.7.0 (7 February 2024)
 =======================================