diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39dfde2..3cd0264 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ To use the latest release of **zlibsvm**, please use the following snippet in yo
     <dependency>
         <groupId>de.hs-heilbronn.mi</groupId>
         <artifactId>zlibsvm-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.7</version>
+        <version>2.0.8</version>
     </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d87f15..8fb90f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <groupId>de.hs-heilbronn.mi</groupId>
     <artifactId>zlibsvm</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>2.0.7</version>
+    <version>2.0.8</version>
 
     <name>zlibsvm</name>
     <description>A Java binding for the famous LIBSVM library</description>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <maven.compile.encoding>UTF-8</maven.compile.encoding>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.target}</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <zlibsvm.version>2.0.7</zlibsvm.version>
+        <zlibsvm.version>2.0.8</zlibsvm.version>
         <libsvm.version>3.3</libsvm.version>
         <!-- apache commons stuff -->
         <commons.lang3.version>3.12.0</commons.lang3.version>
diff --git a/zlibsvm-api/pom.xml b/zlibsvm-api/pom.xml
index 516edcb..230e0bd 100644
--- a/zlibsvm-api/pom.xml
+++ b/zlibsvm-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>de.hs-heilbronn.mi</groupId>
         <artifactId>zlibsvm</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.7</version>
+        <version>2.0.8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/zlibsvm-core/pom.xml b/zlibsvm-core/pom.xml
index 4ddaa9c..98a3067 100644
--- a/zlibsvm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/zlibsvm-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>de.hs-heilbronn.mi</groupId>
         <artifactId>zlibsvm</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.7</version>
+        <version>2.0.8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>