diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # gfort2py
 Library to allow calling fortran code from python. Requires gfortran>=5.3.1
 
-Current stable version is v1.0.7
+Current stable version is 1.0.8
 
 ## Build
 ````bash
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ]				
 
 setup(name='gfort2py',
-      version='1.0.7',
+      version='1.0.8',
       description='Python bindings for Fortran',
       license="GPLv2+",
       author='Robert Farmer',