diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- a/pyproject.toml
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "batchee"
-version = "1.1.1a7"
+version = "1.1.1a8"
 description = "Determine how to group together input files into batches for subsequent concatenation"
 authors = ["Daniel Kaufman <daniel.kaufman@nasa.gov>"]
 readme = "README.md"