diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5fdf8a83..fc9b8207 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as f:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="royalherald",
-    version="5.0b5",
+    version="5.0b8",
     author="Stefano Pigozzi",
     author_email="ste.pigozzi@gmail.com",
     description="A websocket communication protocol",