diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dc13da..fc79202 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <img alt="Latest release" src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/jdhao/nvim-config" />
     </a>
     <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/tag/stable">
-      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Neovim-0.8.0-blueviolet.svg?style=flat-square&logo=Neovim&logoColor=green" alt="Neovim minimum version"/>
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Neovim-0.8.1-blueviolet.svg?style=flat-square&logo=Neovim&logoColor=green" alt="Neovim minimum version"/>
     </a>
     <a href="https://github.com/jdhao/nvim-config/search?l=vim-script">
       <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/languages/top/jdhao/nvim-config" alt="Top languages"/>
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     <a href="https://github.com/jdhao/nvim-config/graphs/commit-activity">
       <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/m/jdhao/nvim-config?style=flat-square" />
     </a>
-    <a href="https://github.com/jdhao/nvim-config/releases/tag/v0.8.0">
-      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/jdhao/nvim-config/v0.8.0?style=flat-square" />
+    <a href="https://github.com/jdhao/nvim-config/releases/tag/v0.8.1">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/jdhao/nvim-config/v0.8.1?style=flat-square" />
     </a>
     <a href="https://github.com/jdhao/nvim-config/graphs/contributors">
       <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/jdhao/nvim-config?style=flat-square" />
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index faf96d2..78ef6b1 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local api = vim.api
 local utils = require("utils")
 
 -- check if we have the latest stable version of nvim
-local expected_ver = "0.8.0"
+local expected_ver = "0.8.1"
 local nvim_ver = utils.get_nvim_version()
 
 if nvim_ver ~= expected_ver then