diff --git a/.release b/.release
index 21d2881bd030b9febe33348fa24a5fbd42251edc..add7c927342bd81df5fc33fb7b26000651ba0837 100644
--- a/.release
+++ b/.release
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-release=0.8.0
-tag=lmcbaseclasses-0.8.0
+release=0.8.1
+tag=lmcbaseclasses-0.8.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83097b290f6d009bbbc96067f2028c0efc5649ae..29374a5904a6ccb8e9f32163146aab08bb41d48e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ The lmc-base-classe repository contains set of eight classes as mentioned in SKA
 
 ## Version History
 
+#### 0.8.1
+- Fix broken docs
+
 #### 0.8.0
 - Add base classes for CSP SubElements
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index d3b339992994f6cbd5c8810777ab41136f5e404d..ed9da827cd444820ed64bcca38586e04743ecef0 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 
 autodoc_mock_imports = ['PyTango', 'tango', 'tango.server', 'run', 'command',
                         'future', 'future.utils', 'transitions',
-                        'ska.logging', 'ska.logging.configuration']
+                        'ska.logging', 'ska.logging.configuration',
+                        'numpy'
+                       ]
 
 import sys
 import os
diff --git a/src/ska/base/release.py b/src/ska/base/release.py
index c06bed74258afa4778c72863444f519e271dc395..b6f0cc87154e95978d1fedfd50cfadd143f5902a 100644
--- a/src/ska/base/release.py
+++ b/src/ska/base/release.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Release information for lmc-base-classes Python Package"""
 
 name = """lmcbaseclasses"""
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A set of generic base devices for SKA Telescope."""
 author = "SKA India and SARAO and CSIRO and INAF"