diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dcc72164c..2686b2a11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [20.8.1] (unreleased)
+## [20.8.1] (2021-02-02)
 
 ### Added
 - Added ability to enter Subject Alternative Names (SAN) when generating a CSR [#1246](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1246)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Removed
 - Remove DROP from vulns creation [#1281](http://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1281)
 
-[20.8.1]: https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/compare/v20.8.0...gvmd-20.08
+[20.8.1]: https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/compare/v20.8.0...v20.8.1
 
 ## [20.8.0] (2020-08-11)
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fa48cb9ef..41d5e293c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ message ("-- Configuring Greenbone Vulnerability Manager...")
 # VERSION: Set patch version for stable releases, e.g. "9.0.0",
 #          unset patch version for prereleases, e.g. "9.0"
 project (gvm
-         VERSION 20.8.0
+         VERSION 20.8.1
          LANGUAGES C)
 
 if (POLICY CMP0005)
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 2a813f035..75dadb085 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Prerequisites:
 * cmake >= 3.0 (Debian package: cmake)
 * glib-2.0 >= 2.42 (Debian package: libglib2.0-dev)
 * gnutls >= 3.2.15 (Debian package: libgnutls28-dev)
-* libgvm_base, libgvm_util, libgvm_osp, libgvm_gmp >= 20.08.0 ([gvm-libs](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/tree/gvm-libs-20.08) component)
+* libgvm_base, libgvm_util, libgvm_osp, libgvm_gmp >= 20.08.1 ([gvm-libs](https://github.com/greenbone/gvm-libs/tree/gvm-libs-20.08) component)
 * PostgreSQL database >= 9.6 (Debian packages: libpq-dev postgresql-server-dev-11)
 * pkg-config (Debian package: pkg-config)
 * libical >= 1.0.0 (Debian package: libical-dev)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a23029fa..c17f62081 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ find_package (Threads)
 ## list and throw an error, otherwise long install-cmake-install-cmake cycles
 ## might occur.
 
-pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_BASE REQUIRED libgvm_base>=20.8.0)
-pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_UTIL REQUIRED libgvm_util>=20.8.0)
-pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_OSP REQUIRED libgvm_osp>=20.8.0)
-pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_GMP REQUIRED libgvm_gmp>=20.8.0)
+pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_BASE REQUIRED libgvm_base>=20.8.1)
+pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_UTIL REQUIRED libgvm_util>=20.8.1)
+pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_OSP REQUIRED libgvm_osp>=20.8.1)
+pkg_check_modules (LIBGVM_GMP REQUIRED libgvm_gmp>=20.8.1)
 pkg_check_modules (GNUTLS REQUIRED gnutls>=3.2.15)
 pkg_check_modules (GLIB REQUIRED glib-2.0>=2.42)
 pkg_check_modules (LIBICAL REQUIRED libical>=1.00)