diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ecae3d0..da7d0e8 100755
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.7
+current_version = 0.9.8
 commit = True
 tag = False
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4e3632b..47e47ee 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: geneOncoX
 Type: Package
 Title: Human gene annotations for the oncology domain
-Version: 0.9.7
+Version: 0.9.8
 URL: https://sigven.github.io/geneOncoX
 Authors@R: person(given = "Sigve", family = "Nakken", role = c("aut", "cre"),
              email = "sigven@ifi.uio.no",