diff --git a/pytools/version.py b/pytools/version.py
index 12e76be879b24173f4d12d1c7df9039ea64440e8..0c0fb26b4f9c607b7be3bb3b528cae32b5447225 100644
--- a/pytools/version.py
+++ b/pytools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2022, 1, 7)
+VERSION = (2022, 1, 8)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS