diff --git a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
index d4b7f3eb26f182f90d304f3130273c077d2e7eca..4eb69c4f4fd53cacbcaa13f1a63dfdcfa1bc1abe 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = 'pybis'
 __author__ = 'Swen Vermeul'
 __email__ = 'swen@ethz.ch'
-__version__ = '1.10.7'
+__version__ = '1.10.8'
 
 from . import pybis
 from .pybis import Openbis
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/setup.py b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
index 8a74bdaa9f7d7622b7dbd6973279d2cd89fb5fc2..a051bf04e8f4555483e93e7b1945d45400cd5e84 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/setup.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name='PyBIS',
-    version= '1.10.7',
+    version= '1.10.8',
     author='Swen Vermeul • ID SIS • ETH Zürich',
     author_email='swen@ethz.ch',
     description='openBIS connection and interaction, optimized for using with Jupyter',