diff --git a/admin/pom.xml b/admin/pom.xml
index 375d3c4..de0606a 100644
--- a/admin/pom.xml
+++ b/admin/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-clients</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0</version>
+        <version>0.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>admin</artifactId>
diff --git a/clients-common/pom.xml b/clients-common/pom.xml
index b131e16..52cff4a 100644
--- a/clients-common/pom.xml
+++ b/clients-common/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-clients</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0</version>
+        <version>0.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
diff --git a/clients.version b/clients.version
index 8adc70f..c18d72b 100644
--- a/clients.version
+++ b/clients.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
+0.8.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/pom.xml b/clients/pom.xml
index 244ade1..abd0435 100644
--- a/clients/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-clients</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0</version>
+        <version>0.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>clients</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/admin/admin-client.yaml b/examples/admin/admin-client.yaml
index 4369866..b377351 100644
--- a/examples/admin/admin-client.yaml
+++ b/examples/admin/admin-client.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: admin
-          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.0-kafka-3.7.0
+          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.1-kafka-3.7.0
           command: [ "sleep" ]
           args: [ "infinity" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/http/http-consumer.yaml b/examples/http/http-consumer.yaml
index fe7e6b1..8db8c7e 100644
--- a/examples/http/http-consumer.yaml
+++ b/examples/http/http-consumer.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ spec:
               value: DEBUG
             - name: CLIENT_TYPE
               value: HttpConsumer
-          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.0-kafka-3.7.0
+          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.1-kafka-3.7.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: http-consumer
       restartPolicy: "Never"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/http/http-producer.yaml b/examples/http/http-producer.yaml
index 96e1b86..b04354f 100644
--- a/examples/http/http-producer.yaml
+++ b/examples/http/http-producer.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
               value: DEBUG
             - name: CLIENT_TYPE
               value: HttpProducer
-          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.0-kafka-3.7.0
+          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.1-kafka-3.7.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: http-producer
       restartPolicy: "Never"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/kafka/kafka-consumer.yaml b/examples/kafka/kafka-consumer.yaml
index 8bf7e52..f99b8d6 100644
--- a/examples/kafka/kafka-consumer.yaml
+++ b/examples/kafka/kafka-consumer.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ spec:
               value: DEBUG
             - name: CLIENT_TYPE
               value: KafkaConsumer
-          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.0-kafka-3.7.0
+          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.1-kafka-3.7.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: kafka-consumer-client
       restartPolicy: "Never"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/kafka/kafka-producer.yaml b/examples/kafka/kafka-producer.yaml
index 4738331..435038d 100644
--- a/examples/kafka/kafka-producer.yaml
+++ b/examples/kafka/kafka-producer.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ spec:
               value: DEBUG
             - name: CLIENT_TYPE
               value: KafkaProducer
-          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.0-kafka-3.7.0
+          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.1-kafka-3.7.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: kafka-producer-client
       restartPolicy: "Never"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/kafka/kafka-streams.yaml b/examples/kafka/kafka-streams.yaml
index de939f5..70d8fc6 100644
--- a/examples/kafka/kafka-streams.yaml
+++ b/examples/kafka/kafka-streams.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
               value: my-topic-reversed
             - name: CLIENT_TYPE
               value: KafkaStreams
-          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.0-kafka-3.7.0
+          image: quay.io/strimzi-test-clients/test-clients:0.8.1-kafka-3.7.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: kafka-streams-client
       restartPolicy: "Never"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ddc1cd..4f548d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
     <artifactId>test-clients</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.8.0</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
 
     <modules>
         <module>tracing</module>
diff --git a/tracing/pom.xml b/tracing/pom.xml
index 853dd6b..4c5c3d2 100644
--- a/tracing/pom.xml
+++ b/tracing/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
         <artifactId>test-clients</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0</version>
+        <version>0.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>test-client-tracing</artifactId>