diff --git a/caom2/setup.cfg b/caom2/setup.cfg
index 9af3df71..862a92d8 100644
--- a/caom2/setup.cfg
+++ b/caom2/setup.cfg
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ edit_on_github = False
 github_project = opencadc/caom2tools
 install_requires = future lxml aenum six
 # version should be PEP386 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386)
-version = 2.3.8.2
+version = 2.3.8.3
 
 
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