diff --git a/rna/__init__.py b/rna/__init__.py
index 7adb6e009ece5dc380e01ffcc0eb646aed1ca4c7..eeab8d077a128592fec4fd514635b66fff670610 100644
--- a/rna/__init__.py
+++ b/rna/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Daniel Böckenhoff"""
 __email__ = 'dboe@ipp.mpg.de'
-__version__ = '0.2.7'
+__version__ = '0.2.8'
 
 from . import plotting
 from . import log  # NOQA
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3a80d0a5ca8689cf34b066d86b814a99814e9747..def44986aa165654529d484f11a6107bc4e119b9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.7
+current_version = 0.2.8
 tag = True
 commit = True
 message = release-{new_version}