diff --git a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/__init__.py b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/__init__.py
index 83d27d2..a249fa0 100644
--- a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/__init__.py
+++ b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # 
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License (see LICENSE for details)
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-__version__ = '2024.8.2.post3'
+__version__ = '2024.8.23'
 
 # unified progress indicators
 from .tqdm_joblib import tqdm_joblib