diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1038a095..bf5a60c6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 # Also in twarc.py
-__version__ = '1.0.7'
+__version__ = '1.0.8'
 
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     dependencies = open(join('requirements', 'python2.txt')).read().split()
diff --git a/twarc.py b/twarc.py
index 30045ccb..a750367c 100755
--- a/twarc.py
+++ b/twarc.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     import ConfigParser as configparser  # Python 2
 
-__version__ = '1.0.7'  # also in setup.py
+__version__ = '1.0.8'  # also in setup.py
 
 if sys.version_info[:2] <= (2, 7):
     # Python 2