diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 9e604c04..e13bd590 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.7"
+__version__ = "1.0.8"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 652cc7a2..510a146c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.7
+current_version = 1.0.8
 tag = False
 commit = True