diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d86e8d..1001a5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ New:
 - cookie auth & its specification in TD (cookie auth branch)
 - adding custom handlers for each property, action and event to override default behaviour
 
-## [v0.2.8] - 2024-12-06
+## [v0.2.8] - 2024-12-07
 
 - pydantic & JSON schema support for property models 
 - composed sub`Thing`s exposed with correct URL path 
diff --git a/hololinked/__init__.py b/hololinked/__init__.py
index 6cd38b7..c49a95c 100644
--- a/hololinked/__init__.py
+++ b/hololinked/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.7"
+__version__ = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad97418..c9f3874 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="hololinked",
-    version="0.2.7",
+    version="0.2.8",
     author="Vignesh Vaidyanathan",
     author_email="vignesh.vaidyanathan@hololinked.dev",
     description="A ZMQ-based Object Oriented RPC tool-kit for instrument control/data acquisition or controlling generic python objects.",