diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5573fb4e..668151f9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([jellyfish], [2.2.7], [gmarcais@umd.edu])
+AC_INIT([jellyfish], [2.2.8], [gmarcais@umd.edu])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects foreign parallel-tests color-tests])