Bump to 1.8.1 to republish the wheel with correct version
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2870809..6bca1ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 
 Release date: 2017-12-15
 
+    * Wrong version number in __pkginfo__.
+
+What's New in Pylint 1.8?
+=========================
+
+Release date: 2017-12-15
+
     * Respect disable=... in config file when running with --py3k.
 
     * New warning `shallow-copy-environ` added
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index a2e628d..1e4c35c 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 modname = distname = 'pylint'
 
-numversion = (1, 8, 0)
+numversion = (1, 8, 1)
 version = '.'.join([str(num) for num in numversion])
 
 install_requires = [