diff --git a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
index 0da192c3f5e374b3fa13ff72274c63e032fe83f1..17ae34b2e2b43b6038c3f5dbfb8c3bf429e00b4d 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Changes with pybis-1.14.8
+
+- quick fix of parse_jackson error in special circumstances
+
 ## Changes with pybis-1.14.7
 
 - bugfix: no longer any error in get_samples(), get_datasets() and get_experiments() when
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/setup.py b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
index 157cc4ad1342757e2fdbc3d380d1d50e65f71669..d92222c208a6743a677eb1352e0f3dda3aa874d0 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/setup.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name='PyBIS',
-    version= '1.14.7',
+    version= '1.14.8',
     author='Swen Vermeul • ID SIS • ETH Zürich',
     author_email='swen@ethz.ch',
     description='openBIS connection and interaction, optimized for using with Jupyter',