libva-utils 1.8.1.pre1

Signed-off-by: Xiang, Haihao <haihao.xiang@intel.com>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0f4f159..171850a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-libva-utils NEWS -- summary of changes.  2017-03-31
+libva-utils NEWS -- summary of changes.  2017-04-xx
 Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Intel Corporation
 
+Version 1.8.1 - DD.Apr.2017
+* Bump version to 1.8.1
+
 Version 1.8.0 - 31.Mar.2017
 * First release of libva-utils as a separate project
 * Follows libva release versioning
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 06828d9..4cf7355 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 # - pre version is libva_pre_version, usually development version
 m4_define([libva_utils_major_version], [1])
 m4_define([libva_utils_minor_version], [8])
-m4_define([libva_utils_micro_version], [0])
-m4_define([libva_utils_pre_version],   [0])
+m4_define([libva_utils_micro_version], [1])
+m4_define([libva_utils_pre_version],   [1])
 
 m4_define([libva_utils_version],
           [libva_utils_major_version.libva_utils_minor_version.libva_utils_micro_version])