diff --git a/python/rpdk/python/__init__.py b/python/rpdk/python/__init__.py
index 60e043a..fc0f8b1 100644
--- a/python/rpdk/python/__init__.py
+++ b/python/rpdk/python/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "2.1.7"
+__version__ = "2.1.8"
 
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index abc911b..7d925c2 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cloudformation-cli-python-lib",
-    version="2.1.15",
+    version="2.1.16",
     description=__doc__,
     author="Amazon Web Services",
     author_email="aws-cloudformation-developers@amazon.com",