diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55c7c6a..e229278 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, join(split(abspath(__file__))[0], 'lib'))
 
 setup(name='hivclustering',
-      version="1.2.7",
+      version="1.2.8",
       description='HIV molecular clustering tools',
       author='Sergei Kosakovsky Pond',
       author_email='spond@ucsd.edu',
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     ],
     install_requires=[
         'biopython-extensions >= 0.18.0',
-        'hyphy-python >= 0.1.7',
+        'hyphy-python >= 0.1.8',
         'hyphy-helper >= 0.9.6',
         ],
      )