diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
index e396d1cb..665209c6 100644
--- a/component.json
+++ b/component.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tablesorter",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.8.1",
   "dependencies": {
     "jquery": ">=1.2.6"
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 743370a7..76beb52d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "tablesorter",
 	"title": "tablesorter",
-	"version": "2.8.0",
+	"version": "2.8.1",
 	"description": "tablesorter is a jQuery plugin for turning a standard HTML table with THEAD and TBODY tags into a sortable table without page refreshes. tablesorter can successfully parse and sort many types of data including linked data in a cell.\n\nThis forked version adds lots of new enhancements including: alphanumeric sorting, pager callback functons, multiple widgets providing column styling, ui theme application, sticky headers, column filters and resizer, as well as extended documentation with a lot more demos.",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "Christian Bach",
diff --git a/tablesorter.jquery.json b/tablesorter.jquery.json
index 743370a7..76beb52d 100644
--- a/tablesorter.jquery.json
+++ b/tablesorter.jquery.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "tablesorter",
 	"title": "tablesorter",
-	"version": "2.8.0",
+	"version": "2.8.1",
 	"description": "tablesorter is a jQuery plugin for turning a standard HTML table with THEAD and TBODY tags into a sortable table without page refreshes. tablesorter can successfully parse and sort many types of data including linked data in a cell.\n\nThis forked version adds lots of new enhancements including: alphanumeric sorting, pager callback functons, multiple widgets providing column styling, ui theme application, sticky headers, column filters and resizer, as well as extended documentation with a lot more demos.",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "Christian Bach",