diff --git a/ipympl/_version.py b/ipympl/_version.py
index 837a582c..ae502116 100644
--- a/ipympl/_version.py
+++ b/ipympl/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version_info = (0, 8, 5)
+version_info = (0, 8, 6)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
 js_semver = '^0.10.4'