diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a97273293..ea0656221 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9984,7 +9984,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shinkai_http_api"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel 1.9.0",
  "bytes",
@@ -10081,7 +10081,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shinkai_node"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/shinkai-bin/shinkai-node/Cargo.toml b/shinkai-bin/shinkai-node/Cargo.toml
index e5150af42..c8599d2d4 100644
--- a/shinkai-bin/shinkai-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/shinkai-bin/shinkai-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "shinkai_node"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 edition = "2021"
 authors.workspace = true
 # this causes `cargo run` in the workspace root to run this package
diff --git a/shinkai-libs/shinkai-http-api/Cargo.toml b/shinkai-libs/shinkai-http-api/Cargo.toml
index 6ef3d2f62..9fd3d49ca 100644
--- a/shinkai-libs/shinkai-http-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/shinkai-libs/shinkai-http-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "shinkai_http_api"
-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.8"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]