diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e01483f5..d49dc85d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ extras["all"] = (
 
 setup(
     name="txtai",
-    version="9.7.0",
+    version="9.8.0",
     author="NeuML",
     description="All-in-one open-source AI framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows",
     long_description=DESCRIPTION,
diff --git a/src/python/txtai/version.py b/src/python/txtai/version.py
index 91668732..94dfcf21 100644
--- a/src/python/txtai/version.py
+++ b/src/python/txtai/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ Version strings
 """
 
 # Current version tag
-__version__ = "9.7.0"
+__version__ = "9.8.0"