diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d2f892d7..4e31df0a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.1.8
+current_version = 0.1.9
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7e2cf4cb..a2b5478b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(version="0.1.8")
+    setup(version="0.1.9")
diff --git a/src/sbmlsim/__init__.py b/src/sbmlsim/__init__.py
index 59d7e8cf..b1416885 100644
--- a/src/sbmlsim/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sbmlsim/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
-__version__ = "0.1.8"
-__version__ = "0.1.8"
+__version__ = "0.1.9"
+__version__ = "0.1.9"
 
 BASE_PATH = Path(__file__).parent