diff --git a/qc_utils/__init__.py b/qc_utils/__init__.py
index 7416f4c..733d32b 100644
--- a/qc_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/qc_utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from qc_utils.qcmetric import QCMetric, QCMetricRecord
 
 __title__ = "qc-utils"
-__version__ = "19.08.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "19.08.1"
 __description__ = "Tool for representing ENCODE QC metrics"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/ENCODE-DCC/qc-utils"
 __uri__ = __url__