diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0053c0bcd..44dd116e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
 
   - provisioners/chef: convert chef version to a string before comparing for
     the command builder [GH-6709, GH-6711]
+  - provisioners/shell: convert env var values to strings [GH-6714]
 
 ## 1.8.0 (December 21, 2015)
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 27f9cd322..bda2b547d 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0
+1.8.1.dev