diff --git a/controllers/gce/Makefile b/controllers/gce/Makefile
index c373da02a..bf049960d 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/Makefile
+++ b/controllers/gce/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 all: push
 
 # 0.0 shouldn't clobber any released builds
-TAG = 0.8.0
+TAG = 0.8.1
 PREFIX = gcr.io/google_containers/glbc
 
 server:
diff --git a/controllers/gce/README.md b/controllers/gce/README.md
index ade420a0e..600c77b58 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/README.md
+++ b/controllers/gce/README.md
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ So simply delete the replication controller:
 $ kubectl get rc glbc
 CONTROLLER   CONTAINER(S)           IMAGE(S)                                      SELECTOR                    REPLICAS   AGE
 glbc         default-http-backend   gcr.io/google_containers/defaultbackend:1.0   k8s-app=glbc,version=v0.5   1          2m
-             l7-lb-controller       gcr.io/google_containers/glbc:0.8.0
+             l7-lb-controller       gcr.io/google_containers/glbc:0.8.1
 
 $ kubectl delete rc glbc
 replicationcontroller "glbc" deleted
diff --git a/controllers/gce/main.go b/controllers/gce/main.go
index 385eef6e6..ff3d34191 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/main.go
+++ b/controllers/gce/main.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const (
 	alphaNumericChar = "0"
 
 	// Current docker image version. Only used in debug logging.
-	imageVersion = "glbc:0.8.0"
+	imageVersion = "glbc:0.8.1"
 
 	// Key used to persist UIDs to configmaps.
 	uidConfigMapName = "ingress-uid"
diff --git a/controllers/gce/rc.yaml b/controllers/gce/rc.yaml
index 19f1d4f9a..ba863b12f 100644
--- a/controllers/gce/rc.yaml
+++ b/controllers/gce/rc.yaml
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ metadata:
   name: l7-lb-controller
   labels:
     k8s-app: glbc
-    version: v0.6.2
+    version: v0.8.1
 spec:
   # There should never be more than 1 controller alive simultaneously.
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     k8s-app: glbc
-    version: v0.6.2
+    version: v0.8.1
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: glbc
-        version: v0.6.2
+        version: v0.8.1
         name: glbc
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 600
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 10m
             memory: 20Mi
-      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/glbc:0.8.0
+      - image: gcr.io/google_containers/glbc:0.8.1
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz