diff --git a/objection/__init__.py b/objection/__init__.py
index 1720801c..146cd7c3 100644
--- a/objection/__init__.py
+++ b/objection/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 
-__version__ = '1.8.1'
+__version__ = '1.8.2'
 
 # helper containing a python 3 related warning
 # if this is run with python 2