diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index 847f0464..2bfce3e8 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ requests
 """
 
 __title__ = 'requests'
-__version__ = '0.8.7'
-__build__ = 0x000807
+__version__ = '0.8.8'
+__build__ = 0x000808
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __license__ = 'ISC'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2011 Kenneth Reitz'