diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3a56d1..53696e7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     url='https://github.com/pennlabs/penn-sdk-python',
     author='Penn Labs',
     author_email='admin@pennlabs.org',
-    version='1.7.1',
+    version='1.8',
     packages=['penn'],
     license='MIT',
     package_data={