diff --git a/lib/linguist/version.rb b/lib/linguist/version.rb
index cf118823..66c161a0 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/version.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Linguist
-  VERSION = "4.8.7"
+  VERSION = "4.8.8"
 end