From 987c9c965fa1db297453defd383923fa151e775e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ziming Dong <ziming.dong@sagebase.org>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 17:19:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] rolled version to 1.8.1

---
 doc/conf.py                       |  4 ++--
 release_notes/release-1.8.1.md    | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 synapseclient/synapsePythonClient |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 release_notes/release-1.8.1.md

diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index cfeba03eb..a7e4694db 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.8.0'
+version = '1.8.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.8.0'
+release = '1.8.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/release_notes/release-1.8.1.md b/release_notes/release-1.8.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbb54714c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_notes/release-1.8.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Release notes - Synapse Python Client - Version 1.8.1
+
+**Install Instructions:** `pip install --upgrade synapseclient` or see [http://docs.synapse.org/python/#installation](http://docs.synapse.org/python/#installation)  
+**Documentation:** [http://docs.synapse.org/python/](http://docs.synapse.org/python/)
+
+**Release Date:** 7-May-2018 
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+This release is a hotfix for a bug.
+Please refer to 1.8.0 release notes for information about additional changes.
+
+Bug
+---
+
+*   \[[SYNPY-706](https://sagebionetworks.jira.com/browse/SYNPY-706)\] \- syn.username can cause attribute not found if user not logged in
diff --git a/synapseclient/synapsePythonClient b/synapseclient/synapsePythonClient
index 9bdb07c4b..51849a0a2 100644
--- a/synapseclient/synapsePythonClient
+++ b/synapseclient/synapsePythonClient
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "client":"synapsePythonClient",
-  "latestVersion":"1.8.0",
+  "latestVersion":"1.8.1",
   "blacklist":["0.0.0", "0.4.1", "0.4.0", "0.3.0", "0.2.1", "0.2.0", "0.1.4"],
   "releaseNotes":"https://github.com/Sage-Bionetworks/synapsePythonClient/blob/master/release_notes/release-1.7.md"
 }