diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5fb40a6c..93e61f68b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.8.1 (2016-09-22)
+
+Minor update to remove dependencies on stacker\_blueprints for tests, since it
+resulted in a circular dependency.  This is just a fix to get tests running again,
+and results in no change in functionality.
+
 ## 0.8.0 (2016-09-22)
 
 This is a big release which introduces the new concepts of Blueprint Variables
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4cde24266..fe692c0ac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import glob
 
-VERSION = "0.8.0"
+VERSION = "0.8.1"
 
 src_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
 install_requires = [
-    "troposphere~=1.8.0",
+    "troposphere~=1.8.1",
     "boto3~=1.3.1",
     "botocore~=1.4.38",
     "PyYAML~=3.11",
diff --git a/stacker/__init__.py b/stacker/__init__.py
index 777f190df..8088f7513 100644
--- a/stacker/__init__.py
+++ b/stacker/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"