diff --git a/ipyvolume/_version.py b/ipyvolume/_version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ipyvolume/_version.py
+++ b/ipyvolume/_version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-__version_tuple__ = (0, 6, 0, 'alpha.7')
-__version__ = '0.6.0-alpha.7'
+__version_tuple__ = (0, 6, 0, 'alpha.8')
+__version__ = '0.6.0-alpha.8'
 __version_tuple_js__ = (0, 6, 0, 'alpha.7')
 __version_js__ = '0.6.0-alpha.7'
 # kept for embedding in offline mode, we don't care about the patch version since it should be compatible
🔖 py <I>-alpha<I> released