diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 488d744a..10e93023 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## [0.9.8](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gplugins/releases/tag/v0.9.8) - 2023-12-11
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 ## [0.9.7](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gplugins/releases/tag/v0.9.7) - 2023-12-05
 
 - expose symmetry and other tidy3d simulation args [#269](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gplugins/pull/269)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 780fe3f6..dc4edcdc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gplugins 0.9.7
+# gplugins 0.9.8
 
 [![docs](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gplugins/actions/workflows/pages.yml/badge.svg)](https://gdsfactory.github.io/gplugins/)
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/gplugins)](https://pypi.org/project/gplugins/)
diff --git a/gplugins/__init__.py b/gplugins/__init__.py
index 96aacaa1..40c362a1 100644
--- a/gplugins/__init__.py
+++ b/gplugins/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """gplugins - gdsfactory plugins"""
 
-__version__ = "0.9.7"
+__version__ = "0.9.8"
 
 from gplugins.common.utils import plot, port_symmetries
 from gplugins.common.utils.get_effective_indices import get_effective_indices
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 95662eb8..9e696413 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 name = "gplugins"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-version = "0.9.7"
+version = "0.9.8"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dagster = ["dagster", "dagit"]
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ message_template = "Bump to {new_version}"
 tag_template = "v{new_version}"
 
 [tool.tbump.version]
-current = "0.9.7"
+current = "0.9.8"
 regex = '''
   (?P<major>\d+)
   \.