diff --git a/colrag/__init__.py b/colrag/__init__.py
index 1c66c89..d17a028 100644
--- a/colrag/__init__.py
+++ b/colrag/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.8"  # Update this to your current version
+__version__ = "0.1.9"  # Update this to your current version
 
 from .indexer import index_documents, read_file, process_file
 from .retriever import load_model_from_index, retrieve_and_rerank_documents, retrieve_and_rerank_multiple_documents
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 23b44d1..db9836f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "colrag"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 description = "A RAG pipeline using ColBERT via RAGatouille"
 authors = ["Syed Asad <syed.asad@kiwitech.com>"]
 license = "MIT"