diff --git a/github-linguist.gemspec b/github-linguist.gemspec
index 9ae1fca4..7e06fb51 100644
--- a/github-linguist.gemspec
+++ b/github-linguist.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name    = 'github-linguist'
-  s.version = '2.8.8'
+  s.version = '2.8.9'
   s.summary = "GitHub Language detection"
 
   s.authors  = "GitHub"