diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f76c608..d4b995f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 Python driver for [ArangoDB](https://www.arangodb.com), a scalable multi-model
 database natively supporting documents, graphs and search.
 
+If you're interested in using asyncio, please check [python-arango-async](https://github.com/arangodb/python-arango-async).
+
 ## Requirements
 
 - ArangoDB version 3.11+
diff --git a/arango/request.py b/arango/request.py
index 41a0ac6..abb2b0d 100644
--- a/arango/request.py
+++ b/arango/request.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def normalize_headers(
     if driver_flags is not None:
         for flag in driver_flags:
             flags = flags + flag + ";"
-    driver_version = "8.1.5"
+    driver_version = "8.1.7"
     driver_header = "python-arango/" + driver_version + " (" + flags + ")"
     normalized_headers: Headers = {
         "charset": "utf-8",
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 06955e0..4856e1b 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Python-Arango
 
 Welcome to the documentation for **python-arango**, a Python driver for ArangoDB_.
 
+If you're interested in using asyncio, please check python-arango-async_ driver.
+
 Requirements
 =============
 
@@ -96,3 +98,4 @@ Development
     specs
 
 .. _ArangoDB: https://www.arangodb.com
+.. _python-arango-async: https://python-arango-async.readthedocs.io