diff --git a/pykat/__init__.py b/pykat/__init__.py
index e9c0f5acd55b3d0bc3a34bf37b56d392dfad9d84..8421464075b24257da12b65ddc4518769b6bd3d3 100644
--- a/pykat/__init__.py
+++ b/pykat/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = "0.8.2"
+__version__ = "0.8.3"
 
 # This flag is used to switch on the gui features in pkat at import time
 USE_GUI = False