diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 686e10f8f..aa00ec3d8 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.7"
+__version__ = "0.8.8"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0e8fa05f1..7fc74878b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.7
+current_version = 0.8.8
 tag = True
 commit = True