diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4133ba3..7053ca1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 # update the release version both here and in conda.recipe/meta.yaml
-__version__ = '0.3.7'
+__version__ = '0.3.8'
 
 # Convert distutils Windows platform specifiers to CMake -A arguments
 PLAT_TO_CMAKE = {