diff --git a/GoogleNews/__init__.py b/GoogleNews/__init__.py
index a8d35e5..69bb3ef 100644
--- a/GoogleNews/__init__.py
+++ b/GoogleNews/__init__.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def __init__(self,lang="en",period="",start="",end="",encode="utf-8",region=None
         self.__end = end
         self.__encode = encode
         self.__exception = False
-        self.__version = '1.6.7'
+        self.__version = '1.6.8'
 
     def getVersion(self):
         return self.__version
@@ -386,4 +386,4 @@ def clear(self):
         self.__texts = []
         self.__links = []
         self.__results = []
-        self.__totalcount = 0
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.__totalcount = 0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f6f364e..7e9b62e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="GoogleNews",
-    version="1.6.7",
+    version="1.6.8",
     author="Hurin Hu",
     author_email="hurin@live.ca",
     description="Google News search for Python",
diff --git a/test/test_search.py b/test/test_search.py
index 2770a60..cc1ffba 100644
--- a/test/test_search.py
+++ b/test/test_search.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):
 
   def testVersion(self):
     googlenews = GoogleNews()
-    version = '1.6.7'
+    version = '1.6.8'
     self.assertIn(version, googlenews.getVersion())
     print('Latest version matched')