diff --git a/pyotrs/version.py b/pyotrs/version.py
index 4f34dc5a3b31d46e419bc859533e6c8a27c923da..ae8d53eda4da7dee8abcd3a2d441bc5316f946aa 100644
--- a/pyotrs/version.py
+++ b/pyotrs/version.py
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # 3) we can import it into your module module
 """
 
-__version_info__ = ('0', '1', '7')
+__version_info__ = ('0', '1', '8')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)