diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 57b4f3e1..76e2d0aa 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cff-version: 0.8.0
+cff-version: 0.8.1
 message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
 authors:
   - family-names: "Khider"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ authors:
   - family-names: "Athreya"
     given-names: "Pratheek"
 title: "Pyleoclim: A Python package for the analysis and visualization of paleoclimate data"
-version: v0.8.0
+version: v0.8.1
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1205661
 date-released: 2022-06-06
 url: "https://github.com/LinkedEarth/Pyleoclim_util"