diff --git a/cobrame/__init__.py b/cobrame/__init__.py
index 4ee3839..044dc46 100644
--- a/cobrame/__init__.py
+++ b/cobrame/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from cobrame.util import mu
 
 
-__version__ = "0.0.8"
+__version__ = "0.0.9"
 
 if StrictVersion(cobra.__version__) > StrictVersion('0.5.11'):
     raise UserWarning('COBRApy version (%s) is not <= 0.5.11. We recommend '
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f72a91d..f2199fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 setup(name="cobrame",
-      version="0.0.8",
+      version="0.0.9",
       author="Colton Lloyd and Ali Ebrahim",
       url="https://github.com/SBRG/cobrame",
       install_requires=["sympy", "six", "Biopython", "cobra<=0.5.11", "pandas",