diff --git a/charts/hono/Chart.yaml b/charts/hono/Chart.yaml
index 5a3a0d69..5785047f 100755
--- a/charts/hono/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/hono/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ name: hono
 description: |
   Eclipse Hono™ provides remote service interfaces for connecting large numbers of IoT devices to a back end and
   interacting with them in a uniform way regardless of the device communication protocol.
-version: 1.8.0
+version: 1.8.1
 # Version of Hono being deployed by the chart
 appVersion: 1.8.0
 keywords: