diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 97ceff5..7c2fcc7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "remove-ai-watermarks"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 description = "Remove visible and invisible AI watermarks from images (Gemini / Nano Banana, ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
index f08adcc..ce93443 100644
--- a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ _os.environ.setdefault("TRANSFORMERS_VERBOSITY", "error")
 _warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=r".*ImageProcessorFast.*")
 
 
-__version__ = "0.8.7"
+__version__ = "0.8.8"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ade6043..d1db79a 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remove-ai-watermarks"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },