diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6302c55..013ff50 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
-AC_INIT([cinnamon-menus], [3.8.0])
+AC_INIT([cinnamon-menus], [3.8.1])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(libmenu/gmenu-tree.h)
 
 m4_ifdef([AX_IS_RELEASE], [AX_IS_RELEASE([always])])
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 99ddaa3..2ed3b2a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+cinnamon-menus (3.8.1) tara; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Michael Webster ]
+  * Check for a valid GDesktopAppInfo before calling GDesktopAppInfo methods. Fix retry handling to only apply to new entries. Use g_timeout_add instead of g_idle_add for change signal accumulation.
+
+ -- Clement Lefebvre <root@linuxmint.com>  Sun, 06 May 2018 14:38:48 +0100
+
 cinnamon-menus (3.8.0) tara; urgency=medium
 
   * Add CI configuration