diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index deded324..732155f8 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.2"
+__version__ = "0.8.3"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 70776c3d..a695b3c7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.2
+current_version = 0.8.3
 tag = True
 commit = True
 
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ commit = True
 
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = 1
+