diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c881453d..fd27b1cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polkavm-linker"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "gimli 0.28.0",
  "hashbrown 0.14.1",
diff --git a/crates/polkavm-linker/Cargo.toml b/crates/polkavm-linker/Cargo.toml
index ab0c1e14..4c2591b8 100644
--- a/crates/polkavm-linker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/polkavm-linker/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "polkavm-linker"
-version.workspace = true
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true