diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index da8aa26b2..73ca0f87b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ openai==1.6.1
 openpyxl
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
 pandas==2.1.1
-pydantic==2.5.3
+pydantic==2.6.4
 #pygame==2.1.3
 #pymilvus==2.2.8
 # pytest==7.2.2 # test extras require
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ea0b366e..83d47e7b6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name="metagpt",
-    version="0.8.0",
+    version="0.8.1",
     description="The Multi-Agent Framework",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",