diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 42a6aa72..189e302d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+0.181.0
+  - fix crash when 'pass' is not set in the config file
+  - add missing attributes to Package when scm_url is set
+  - fix failure to create config in current dir
+  - update list of considered file names for ssh key autodetection
+  - allow users to prefer ssh key over password auth
+  - ssh: recognize gpg keys (yubikey usage)
+  - fix operating on _project meta
+  - revert "interpretation of string literals in messages" that broke unicode handling
+  - fix product build rpm caching
+  - enable md5 revisions in osc log
+  - parseRevisionOption(): raise an exception on invalid revisions
+
 0.180.0
   - warn when trying to commit a prj/pac managed in scm
   - fix crash on "osc up" for git based package/projects
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 56e5fc23..1cf4895e 100644
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 
 from .util import git_version
-__version__ = git_version.get_version('0.180.0')
+__version__ = git_version.get_version('0.181.0')
 
 
 # __store_version__ is to be incremented when the format of the working copy