diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 40c0153dd4e960b525fe043bb55fa681624b0f66..24bbd1ffc933b4af2c9d5e37e10ec2b698f213a6 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: '0.8.6.{build}'
+version: '0.8.8.{build}'
 
 image: Visual Studio 2019
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de1e58b8ba2cab5e9d35b3b107faaf206a568fd5..81c853e1d3d3740a3a0f184187e401d99472b1fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Specify the required version of CMake.
 # cmake 3.15 required for findPython virtualenv configuration
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
-project(ale VERSION 0.8.6 DESCRIPTION "Abstraction Library for Ephemerides ")
+project(ale VERSION 0.8.8 DESCRIPTION "Abstraction Library for Ephemerides ")
 
 # include what we need
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/code.json b/code.json
index e4f7355017eb82388035acc835cb5525388d3c34..4531840e512c78c26d9f3e2eba7ea80454103daf 100644
--- a/code.json
+++ b/code.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "name": "ale",
     "organization": "U.S. Geological Survey",
     "description": "GitLab repository for the Abstraction Layer for Ephemerides package",
-    "version": "0.8.7",
+    "version": "0.8.8",
     "status": "Production",
 
     "permissions": {
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
       ]
     },
 
-    "homepageURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/ale/-/releases/0.8.7",
-    "downloadURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/ale/-/archive/0.8.7/ale-0.8.7.zip",
+    "homepageURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/ale/-/releases/0.8.8",
+    "downloadURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/ale/-/archive/0.8.8/ale-0.8.8.zip",
     "disclaimerURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/ale/-/blob/master/DISCLAIMER.md",
     "repositoryURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/ale",
     "vcs": "git",
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 77c50b1c995a996e1950a5b91118d71e49adec75..c96b750a3eecdada49d235f9be7952d8c9eb0977 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "0.8.6" %}
+{% set version = "0.8.8" %}
 {% set git_branch = "master" %}
 {% set build_number = "0" %}
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e40e3b272af718f34b7dd969941bc2d9ea7f736a..3b83500f743e0105f9a34ac5ad7e7d3999b4f3f9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 NAME = "Ale"
-VERSION = "0.8.6"
+VERSION = "0.8.8"
 
 # To install the library, run the following
 #