diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2f10bf3f42d0751d6297fb79fc400dd6858a93b5..123934c07a3c1859a472a5c06278d87b39037e3a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 
 name          = "bytes"
-version       = "0.2.7"
+version       = "0.2.8"
 license       = "MIT"
 authors       = ["Carl Lerche <me@carllerche.com>"]
 description   = "Types and traits for working with bytes"