diff --git a/src/pyhgf/__init__.py b/src/pyhgf/__init__.py
index 0149b8097..34557b74b 100644
--- a/src/pyhgf/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyhgf/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
-__version__ = "0.0.18"
+__version__ = "0.0.19"
 
 
 def load_data(dataset: str) -> Union[Tuple[np.ndarray, ...], np.ndarray]: