diff --git a/CMake/Dependencies/libkvsCommonLws-CMakeLists.txt b/CMake/Dependencies/libkvsCommonLws-CMakeLists.txt
index b68c3c6384..08ae3908db 100644
--- a/CMake/Dependencies/libkvsCommonLws-CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMake/Dependencies/libkvsCommonLws-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include(ExternalProject)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(libkvsCommonLws-download
     GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-producer-c.git
-    GIT_TAG           7d1b76f53680c1e23afb6f35f0cca97ccdb35e3f
+    GIT_TAG           178109a5dbfc5288ba5cf7fab1dc1afd5e2e182b
     PREFIX            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build
     CMAKE_ARGS        
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${OPEN_SRC_INSTALL_PREFIX}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f466a1dab9..7bcfb871c8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include(CheckIncludeFiles)
 include(CheckFunctionExists)
 
 # The version MUST be updated before every release
-project(KinesisVideoWebRTCClient VERSION 1.8.0 LANGUAGES C)
+project(KinesisVideoWebRTCClient VERSION 1.8.1 LANGUAGES C)
 
 # User Flags
 option(ADD_MUCLIBC "Add -muclibc c flag" OFF)