diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bf1971b4..c80bfab9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.2
+current_version = 0.8.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f4c71d9c..2a9088cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(version="0.8.2")
+    setup(version="0.8.3")
diff --git a/src/sbmlutils/__init__.py b/src/sbmlutils/__init__.py
index cdcd6314..58727f8c 100644
--- a/src/sbmlutils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sbmlutils/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 __author__ = "Matthias König"
-__version__ = "0.8.2"
+__version__ = "0.8.3"
 
 
 program_name = "sbmlutils"