diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 554be83a697b8ff6d8faaa2016e9103c513284a8..a761c5685c75d2b8c06c7e971ae12d52039b64e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is the source code for the module that contains the common data models and
 # From local path, if you've cloned the Git repo
 pip3 install /home/foo/vipscore-python-common/
 # From GitLab
-pip3 install git+https://gitlab.nibio.no/VIPS/vipscore-python-common.git@v0.1.7
+pip3 install git+https://gitlab.nibio.no/VIPS/vipscore-python-common.git@v0.1.8
 ```
 ...where the version is specified after the `@`
 
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ $ . venv/bin/activate
 $ pip install -e .
 $ pip install build pytest twine
 $ python3 -m build
--> Successfully built vipscore_common-0.1.7.tar.gz and vipscore_common-0.1.6-py3-none-any.whl
+-> Successfully built vipscore_common-0.1.8.tar.gz and vipscore_common-0.1.6-py3-none-any.whl
 $ pytest
 -> [100%] ======================= 2 passed in 0.27s ==========================
 $ python3 -m twine upload --repository gitlab dist/* --verbose
--> Uploading vipscore_common-0.1.7-py3-none-any.whl
+-> Uploading vipscore_common-0.1.8-py3-none-any.whl
 -> 201 Created
--> Uploading vipscore_common-0.1.7.tar.gz
+-> Uploading vipscore_common-0.1.8.tar.gz
 -> 201 Created
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d65c1db770cdfdf6cab375cbc804a0503277927..cf48cf98b488ad82c3e750337442c28f4a8b4e52 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "vipscore_common"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 description = "Tools for the VIPSCore-Python web services and its models"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name="Tor-Einar Skog", email="tor-einar.skog@nibio.no" }]
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dev = ["bumpver", "pytest"]
 
 [tool.bumpver]
-current_version = "0.1.7"
+current_version = "0.1.8"
 version_pattern = "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
 commit_message = "bump version {old_version} -> {new_version}"
 commit = true