diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bef46855..e8b3f617 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 /htmldocs/
 /src/*.egg-info
 coverage.xml
+*/__pycache__/*
diff --git a/src/klein/_version.py b/src/klein/_version.py
index 0cf808cf..7041667d 100644
--- a/src/klein/_version.py
+++ b/src/klein/_version.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 from incremental import Version
 
-__version__ = Version("Klein", 23, 12, 0)
+__version__ = Version("Klein", 24, 8, 0)
 __all__ = ["__version__"]