diff --git a/pymer4/version.py b/pymer4/version.py
index 3ce5628..cf6ccb2 100644
--- a/pymer4/version.py
+++ b/pymer4/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """Specifies current version of pymer4 to be used by setup.py and __init__.py
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.8.1"
+__version__ = "0.8.2"