diff --git a/kaldi_active_grammar/__init__.py b/kaldi_active_grammar/__init__.py
index 3fbc158..47141f3 100644
--- a/kaldi_active_grammar/__init__.py
+++ b/kaldi_active_grammar/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 _name = 'kaldi_active_grammar'
-__version__ = '1.7.0'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
 # __dev_version__ = __version__ + '.dev0'
 REQUIRED_MODEL_VERSION = '0.5.0'