diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b62439..ded0373 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def _run(self, command):
 setup(
     # include data files
     name="amazon-textract-textractor",
-    version="1.8.2",
+    version="1.8.3",
     license="Apache 2.0",
     description="A package to use AWS Textract services.",
     url="https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-textract-textractor",
diff --git a/textractor/__init__.py b/textractor/__init__.py
index 9f627f8..93f662e 100644
--- a/textractor/__init__.py
+++ b/textractor/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "1.8.2"
+__version__ = "1.8.3"
 
 from .textractor import Textractor