diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 6775303fd79eb091502ee2490088fe3c5aa127ea..808b0f9083ead4e8044a3ab65accf3901bf24fdb 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "2.0.7",
+  "version": "2.0.8",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 66cf0aa6977886e0a41d3f0b23c3bdb155f965e5..fbf0274aee735ca7c65204b226c3eb383d9c3c19 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
     
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.7')
+    monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.8')
 
     return monsterVersion;
 
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index 33cdceb436952d41f43c347d3af5f6216596487b..05e5a89aa6e26fe129ffcce3e1482c0f0222bd7b 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "2.0.7",
+  "version": "2.0.8",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index de0ec1909753b2f26683f4dd70aaea376395eb15..f4906fa311fd40e4649a3f1c2f4f261b147b34d5 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don“t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.7')
+        monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.8')
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();
 
diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
index 42ec93498b255f0b067a1c3a460fe035c0a474ff..be61af377901152febde0d880df7373586ab86bc 100644
--- a/release.json
+++ b/release.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"2.0.7"}
+{"version":"2.0.8"}