diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 8520b34..39939f0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+4.8.1
+~~~~~
+* Fixes coordinates for annotations. Credit: @synapticlee
+
 4.7.0
 ~~~~~
 * Added burst-based sane rate limits to several endpoints. 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e80e36c..faf0f84 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "4.7"
+version = "4.8"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "4.7.0"
+release = "4.8.1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/documentcloud/annotations.py b/documentcloud/annotations.py
index 01b1457..c02290d 100644
--- a/documentcloud/annotations.py
+++ b/documentcloud/annotations.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def create(
         x2=None,
         y2=None,
     ):
-        coords = [x1, y2, x2, y2]
+        coords = [x1, y1, x2, y2]
         if not (all(c is None for c in coords) or all(c is not None for c in coords)):
             raise ValueError(
                 "x1, y2, x2, y2 must either all be None or all be not None"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb58793..e30b375 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="python-documentcloud",
-    version="4.7.0",
+    version="4.8.1",
     description="A simple Python wrapper for the DocumentCloud API",
     author="Mitchell Kotler",
     author_email="mitch@muckrock.com",