diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 732155f8..fa3ddd8c 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.3"
+__version__ = "0.8.4"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a695b3c7..7a2346c4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.3
+current_version = 0.8.4
 tag = True
 commit = True