diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d91e33629..000000000
--- a/version.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "3.8.0",
-  "commit": "1dcdc9dabe9d4179f223912d6adc00bc95629a85"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 0be1fc7d2..f28071967 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
+3.8.1