diff --git a/bindings/python/CHANGELOG.md b/bindings/python/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e235daf..6bb0c66b 100644
--- a/bindings/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/bindings/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [0.8.1-rc1]
+## [0.8.1-rc2]
 
 ### Fixed
 - [#333]: Fix deserialization of `AddedToken`, where the content was not restored properly
diff --git a/bindings/python/Cargo.lock b/bindings/python/Cargo.lock
index e06c44e5..ab4e737f 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Cargo.lock
+++ b/bindings/python/Cargo.lock
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokenizers-python"
-version = "0.8.1-rc1"
+version = "0.8.1-rc2"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.68 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pyo3 0.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
index 93667444..f009e2a0 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tokenizers-python"
-version = "0.8.1-rc1"
+version = "0.8.1-rc2"
 authors = ["Anthony MOI <m.anthony.moi@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index 35eb3764..7c9c84ca 100644
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ extras["testing"] = ["pytest"]
 
 setup(
     name="tokenizers",
-    version="0.8.1.rc1",
+    version="0.8.1.rc2",
     description="Fast and Customizable Tokenizers",
     long_description=open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.py b/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.py
index f1261aa1..953e6ebf 100644
--- a/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.py
+++ b/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.1.rc1"
+__version__ = "0.8.1.rc2"
 
 from typing import Tuple, Union, Tuple, List