diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6a5465f..8f448f8e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+9/8/20 started 8.10.1
+- fix markdown -> xml conversion in doc generation
+
 24/1/20 started 8.10.0
 - more conformat IIIF output from dzsave [regisrob]
 - add @id to dzsave to set IIIF id property [regisrob]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 886b2bb4..c983e81e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # also update the version number in the m4 macros below
 
-AC_INIT([vips], [8.10.0], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
+AC_INIT([vips], [8.10.1], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
 # required for gobject-introspection
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 # user-visible library versioning
 m4_define([vips_major_version], [8])
 m4_define([vips_minor_version], [10])
-m4_define([vips_micro_version], [0])
+m4_define([vips_micro_version], [1])
 m4_define([vips_version],
           [vips_major_version.vips_minor_version.vips_micro_version])