diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ebe7d66865ca0f8156d54fe1e1f4e4deff60c17e..6d6fe080d6562bd8a23bcb127eaed1311c318861 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class CustomBuildCommand(distutils.command.build.build):
 
 setup(
     name="binarycpython",
-    version="0.2.7",
+    version="0.2.8",
     description="""This is a python API for binary_c (versions {}) by David Hendriks, Rob Izzard and collaborators. Based on the initial set up by Jeff andrews.""".format(
         ",".join(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS),
         ",".join(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS),