diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for skylighting and skylighting-core
 
+## 0.8.1.1 -- 2019-06-13
+
+  * Improved LaTeX escaping (#78).
+
 ## 0.8.1 -- 2019-06-04
 
   * Added support for stata (#74).
diff --git a/skylighting.cabal b/skylighting.cabal
--- a/skylighting.cabal
+++ b/skylighting.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                skylighting
-version:             0.8.1
+version:             0.8.1.1
 synopsis:            syntax highlighting library
 description:         Skylighting is a syntax highlighting library with
                      support for over one hundred languages.  It derives
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                        Skylighting.Syntax.Zsh
   other-extensions:    CPP, Arrows
   build-depends:       base >= 4.8 && < 5.0,
-                       skylighting-core >= 0.8.1 && < 0.8.2,
+                       skylighting-core >= 0.8.1.1 && < 0.8.2,
                        mtl,
                        text,
                        binary,
