diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3c18e6..45ab67d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 # [unreleased]
 
+# [v0.8.1] 2024-02-05
+
+## Fixed
+
+- Added `pub` visibility for `PacketSequenceCtrl::const_new`.
+
 # [v0.8.0] 2024-02-05
 
 ## Added
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e7046ab..418ccac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "spacepackets"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.61"
 authors = ["Robin Mueller <muellerr@irs.uni-stuttgart.de>"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 36e6b2e..9e1ec17 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ pub struct PacketSequenceCtrl {
 impl PacketSequenceCtrl {
     /// const variant of [PacketSequenceCtrl::new], but panics if the sequence count exceeds
     /// [MAX_SEQ_COUNT].
-    const fn const_new(seq_flags: SequenceFlags, seq_count: u16) -> PacketSequenceCtrl {
+    pub const fn const_new(seq_flags: SequenceFlags, seq_count: u16) -> PacketSequenceCtrl {
         if seq_count > MAX_SEQ_COUNT {
             panic!("Sequence count too large");
         }