diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/version.py b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
index 09b2e025..2f525ca4 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/version.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _MINOR = "9"
 # On main and in a nightly release the patch should be one ahead of the last
 # released build.
-_PATCH = "7"
+_PATCH = "8"
 # This is mainly for nightly builds which have the suffix ".dev$DATE". See
 # https://semver.org/#is-v123-a-semantic-version for the semantics.
 _SUFFIX = ""