diff --git a/codespell.py b/codespell.py
index b5ca537..29ee136 100755
--- a/codespell.py
+++ b/codespell.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 USAGE = """
 \t%prog [OPTIONS] [file1 file2 ... fileN]
 """
-VERSION = '1.7'
+VERSION = '1.8'
 
 misspellings = {}
 exclude_lines = set()