diff --git a/pytools/version.py b/pytools/version.py
index 10d282a5a44d55809e2f81f6e4a3fffa0d5896f5..7d12a83a36aff0011139b05792af4291596fbe06 100644
--- a/pytools/version.py
+++ b/pytools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2021, 2, 7)
+VERSION = (2021, 2, 8)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS