diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4bb3e0a..f2a8070 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.mastercard.developer</groupId>
     <artifactId>client-encryption</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>Library for Mastercard API compliant payload encryption/decryption</description>
     <url>https://github.com/Mastercard/client-encryption-java</url>