diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5c36bc32bbd4ac9c37327e2bd103a32ec2d809fe..cff16799ec2e3ce3c70ce15022efb92a3f311ac3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "shim"
     ],
     "homepage": "https://phpmd.org/",
-    "version": "2.8.0",
+    "version": "2.8.1",
     "license": [
         "BSD-3-Clause"
     ],
diff --git a/src/bin/phpmd b/src/bin/phpmd
index 1c0505c4db587c9d87a043856d66f4dae4161bc7..4a3c39c8ca7225209e4fee8eebc5916400b355a9 100755
Binary files a/src/bin/phpmd and b/src/bin/phpmd differ