diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 062de23..9caccb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ maintain the existing coding style.
 * 2018-06-19   v0.1.4   ignore text before or after the color
 * 2018-07-04   v0.1.5   Fix stripping of color and regexp
 * 2018-07-05   v0.1.6   Prevent Regular Expression Denial of Service attacks
-* 2018-07-05   v0.1.7   Minor coverage fix
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+* 2018-07-05   v0.1.7   Minor coverage fix
+* 2018-07-05   v0.1.8   Better handle alpha values
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diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index abcb87a..801f5b5 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "rgb2hex",
   "main": "rgb2hex.js",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/christian-bromann/rgb2hex",
   "authors": [
     "Christian Bromann <mail@christian-bromann.com>"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ef76a9..5ad8804 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rgb2hex",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "description": "lightweight rgb/rgba to hex parser",
   "main": "index.js",
   "directories": {