diff --git a/acme/_metadata.py b/acme/_metadata.py
index 3608722bdc..2058778187 100644
--- a/acme/_metadata.py
+++ b/acme/_metadata.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # We follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
 _MAJOR_VERSION = '0'
 _MINOR_VERSION = '1'
-_PATCH_VERSION = '7'
+_PATCH_VERSION = '8'
 
 # Example: '0.4.2'
 __version__ = '.'.join([_MAJOR_VERSION, _MINOR_VERSION, _PATCH_VERSION])