diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57ce8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 1.0.8
+tag_name = {new_version}
+commit = True
+tag = True
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
+[bumpversion:file:dataset/__init__.py]
+
diff --git a/dataset/__init__.py b/dataset/__init__.py
index 59f128e..0215ef7 100644
--- a/dataset/__init__.py
+++ b/dataset/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings(
     'ignore', 'Skipping unsupported ALTER for creation of implicit constraint')
 
 __all__ = ['Database', 'Table', 'freeze', 'connect']
+__version__ = '1.0.8'
 
 
 def connect(url=None, schema=None, reflect_metadata=True, engine_kwargs=None,
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 38b6972..f2bce6d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'dataset'
-copyright = u'2013-2015, Friedrich Lindenberg, Gregor Aisch, Stefan Wehrmeyer'
+copyright = u'2013-2018, Friedrich Lindenberg, Gregor Aisch, Stefan Wehrmeyer'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ copyright = u'2013-2015, Friedrich Lindenberg, Gregor Aisch, Stefan Wehrmeyer'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '1.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.0.0'
+release = '1.0.8'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.