diff --git a/.cz.toml b/.cz.toml
index 45c84afd..0cd719aa 100644
--- a/.cz.toml
+++ b/.cz.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
-version = "2.3.8"
+version = "2.3.9"
 version_provider = "poetry"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml",
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 52050268..a3c85161 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 
 
-__version__ = "2.3.8"
+__version__ = "2.3.9"
 
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
diff --git a/hypernetx/__init__.py b/hypernetx/__init__.py
index d198b9f7..ad0c8e00 100644
--- a/hypernetx/__init__.py
+++ b/hypernetx/__init__.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 from hypernetx.utils import *
 from hypernetx.utils.toys import *
 
-__version__ = "2.3.8"
+__version__ = "2.3.9"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38627341..7ee9bd40 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "hypernetx"
-version = "2.3.8"
+version = "2.3.9"
 description = "HyperNetX is a Python library for the creation and study of hypergraphs."
 authors = ["Brenda Praggastis <Brenda.Praggastis@pnnl.gov>", "Dustin Arendt <dustin.arendt@pnnl.gov>",
     "Sinan Aksoy <sinan.aksoy@pnnl.gov>", "Emilie Purvine <Emilie.Purvine@pnnl.gov>",