diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b19aba3e..b8085f4e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Introduction
 ************
 
-:Version: 2.3.7
+:Version: 2.3.8
 :Authors: Chris Fonnesbeck, Anand Patil, David Huard, John Salvatier
 :Web site: https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc
 :Documentation: http://bit.ly/pymc_docs
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 27e0c818..286ec03e 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: pymc
-  version: 2.3.7rc1
+  version: 2.3.8
 
 requirements:
   build:
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.rst b/docs/INSTALL.rst
index 301b8aae..a8946385 100755
--- a/docs/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Installation
 :Web site: http://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc
 :Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain.
 :License: PyMC is released under the Academic Free license.
-:Version: 2.3.7
+:Version: 2.3.8
 
 **NOTE: The current version PyMC (version 3) has been moved to its own repository called `pymc3`_. Unless you have a good reason for using this package, we recommend all new users adopt PyMC3.**
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b1ed5678..24f324ba 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.3.7'
+version = '2.3.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.3.7rc1'
+release = '2.3.8'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pymc/__init__.py b/pymc/__init__.py
index 18987461..82029b8d 100755
--- a/pymc/__init__.py
+++ b/pymc/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.3.7'
+__version__ = '2.3.8'
 
 try:
     import numpy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76548eb5..fa8e4d87 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def setup_pymc():
     config_dict = build_ext(Configuration('pymc',parent_package=None,top_path=None))
                               
     
-    setup(  version="2.3.7",
+    setup(  version="2.3.8",
             description="Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling toolkit.",
             author="Christopher Fonnesbeck, Anand Patil and David Huard",
             author_email="fonnesbeck@gmail.com ",