diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aca5a1e..20bf723 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ conda install -c conda-forge -c bioconda mtgrasp
 ### Installation from the source code
 1. Download mtGrasp package
 
-  You can download the latest version of the tarball file [here](https://github.com/bcgsc/mtGrasp/releases/download/v1.1.7/mtGrasp-v1.1.7.tar.gz).
+  You can download the latest version of the tarball file [here](https://github.com/bcgsc/mtGrasp/releases/download/v1.1.8/mtGrasp-v1.1.8.tar.gz).
 
 
 2. Add the mtGrasp directory to your PATH, use the following command to check if it is added correctly
diff --git a/mtgrasp.py b/mtgrasp.py
index 5e14dd3..d4054a4 100755
--- a/mtgrasp.py
+++ b/mtgrasp.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import shlex
 import sys
 
-MTGRASP_VERSION = 'mtGrasp v1.1.7'
+MTGRASP_VERSION = 'mtGrasp v1.1.8'
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='mtGrasp: de novo assembly of reference-grade animal mitochondrial genomes')
 parser.add_argument('-r1', '--read1', help='Full path to forward read fastq.gz file [Required]')
diff --git a/mtgrasp.smk b/mtgrasp.smk
index 4c92154..7037bf5 100755
--- a/mtgrasp.smk
+++ b/mtgrasp.smk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Snakemake file for mtGrasp pipeline
-mtgrasp_version = 'v1.1.7'
+mtgrasp_version = 'v1.1.8'
 
 
 import os.path
diff --git a/mtgrasp_standardize.py b/mtgrasp_standardize.py
index 193b833..81e2939 100755
--- a/mtgrasp_standardize.py
+++ b/mtgrasp_standardize.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-mtgrasp_version = 'v1.1.7'
+mtgrasp_version = 'v1.1.8'
 
 import argparse
 import sys
diff --git a/mtgrasp_summarize.py b/mtgrasp_summarize.py
index 2b0373a..2f5ca1d 100755
--- a/mtgrasp_summarize.py
+++ b/mtgrasp_summarize.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '''
 This script can be used to summarize mtGrasp assembly outputs by providing a text file containing the relative or complete path(s) to assembly output folder(s). 
 '''
-mtgrasp_version = 'v1.1.7'
+mtgrasp_version = 'v1.1.8'
 
 import argparse
 import os