diff --git a/lark/__init__.py b/lark/__init__.py
index 632230d6..e316f99b 100644
--- a/lark/__init__.py
+++ b/lark/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from .utils import logger
 from .visitors import Discard, Transformer, Transformer_NonRecursive, Visitor, v_args
 
-__version__: str = "1.1.7"
+__version__: str = "1.1.8"
 
 __all__ = (
     "GrammarError",