diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61c48bbf53736d9ce3fb1d6d04ae017a95b841b8..57bc025cc20ec6ec43a63774d21ff0d120cc2309 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="goat-lso",
-    version="1.7",
+    version="1.8",
     author="GÉANT Orchestration & Automation Team",
     author_email="goat@geant.org",
     description="Lightweight Service Orchestrator",