diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4c26be4e..d682a529 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.0-rc0 20800000
+2.8.1-rc0 20801000
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/20801000.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/20801000.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9da739fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/20801000.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bugfixes and performance improvements.
+¯\_(ツ)_/¯
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 32f5ca8d..df782e3c 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
 project.versioning.minor=8
-project.versioning.patch=0
+project.versioning.patch=1
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################