diff --git a/docs/releases/1.0.8.1-release-notes.md b/docs/releases/1.0.8.1-release-notes.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b632b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/1.0.8.1-release-notes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## Gooey 1.0.8.1 Released! 
+
+
+This is a tiny intermediate release which just loosen Gooey's WxPython dependency from `=4.1.0` to `>=4.1.0` in `setup.py`. The strict version requirement was causing numerous installation issues across environments.
+
+  
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diff --git a/gooey/__init__.py b/gooey/__init__.py
index 4c3cfd6..fddd250 100644
--- a/gooey/__init__.py
+++ b/gooey/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ from gooey.gui.util.freeze import localResourcePath as local_resource_path
 from gooey.python_bindings import constants
 from gooey.gui.components.filtering.prefix_filter import PrefixTokenizers
 from gooey.gui.components.options import options
-__version__ = '1.0.8'
+__version__ = '1.0.8.1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bade495..2dd3a07 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 with open('README.md') as readme:
     long_description = readme.read()
 
-version = '1.0.8'
+version = '1.0.8.1'
 
 deps = [
     'Pillow>=4.3.0',