diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc4ae02..45aa13f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 -->
   <groupId>KorAP-modules</groupId>
   <artifactId>KorAP-lucene-index</artifactId>
-  <version>0.31.7</version>
+  <version>0.31.8</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>KorAP-lucene-index</name>