diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4827769..babd985 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 group=org.apache.kafka
-version=0.8.1
+version=0.8.1.1
 scalaVersion=2.8.0
 task=build