diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index 382f054..3ecd86f 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.2.6"
+current_version = "0.2.7"
 parse = "(?P<major>\\d+)\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)\\.(?P<patch>\\d+)"
 serialize = ["{major}.{minor}.{patch}"]
 search = "{current_version}"
diff --git a/.version b/.version
index a53741c..967b33f 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.6
\ No newline at end of file
+0.2.7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index 13223b9..852973e 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import atexit
 import argparse
 
-__version__ = "0.2.6"
+__version__ = "0.2.7"
 __author__ = "Alexander Kirchner"
 __email__ = "alexander.kirchner@ph-freiburg.de"
 __license__ = "MIT"