diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index e13bd590..39e0411d 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.8"
+__version__ = "1.0.9"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 510a146c..0f00211e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.8
+current_version = 1.0.9
 tag = False
 commit = True