diff --git a/blazer/__version__.py b/blazer/__version__.py
index a16e9bd..61dc2c7 100644
--- a/blazer/__version__.py
+++ b/blazer/__version__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 __title__ = "blazer"
 __description__ = "An HPC abstraction over MPI that uses pipes and pydash primitives for composable super-computing."
-__version__ = 0.1.28
+__version__ = "0.1.28"
 __author__ = "Darren Govoni"
 __author_email__ = "darren@ontrenet.com"
 __license__ = "CC0-1.0 License"