diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 58ffff9ac0..5bb375438c 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.0.7
+current_version = 0.0.8
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b7f09aa6ad..7a6002d0ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 setup(
   name = 'pyhf',
-  version = '0.0.7',
+  version = '0.0.8',
   description = '(partial) pure python histfactory implementation',
   url = '',
   author = 'Lukas Heinrich',