diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dba6c94..df3ef7b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ena-upload-cli',
-    version='0.1.8',
+    version='0.1.9',
     keywords=["pip", "ena-upload-cli", "cli", "ENA", "upload"],
     description='Command Line Interface to upload data to the European Nucleotide Archive',
     author="Dilmurat Yusuf",