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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Current [semantic](http://semver.org/) version:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.0"]
+[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.1"]
 ```
 
 **Breaking changes** since _0.7.x_:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ lein2 all test
 Depend on Timbre in your `project.clj`:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.0"]
+[com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.1"]
 ```
 
 and `use` the library:
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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-(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "0.8.1"
   :description "Simple, flexible, all-Clojure logging. No XML!"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"}