diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index b977117031f2d..b7316f181212f 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = hyprwhspr
 	pkgdesc = Native Whisper speech-to-text for Arch/Omarchy with Waybar integration
-	pkgver = 1.8.7
-	pkgrel = 1
+	pkgver = 1.8.8
+	pkgrel = 3
 	url = https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr
 	install = hyprwhspr.install
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pkgbase = hyprwhspr
 	depends = pipewire-alsa
 	depends = pipewire-pulse
 	depends = pipewire-jack
-	source = hyprwhspr-1.8.7.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.7.tar.gz
-	sha256sums = 28f08f41ee6aea71594c9302250b9274ee277b60d110e74360f3e09f96de5c0c
+	source = hyprwhspr-1.8.8.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodroot/hyprwhspr/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.8.tar.gz
+	sha256sums = 7828f6d24afedb8da3f09b285a5bb39f79fbf6174b60b2a9540385f19bac2e46
 
 pkgname = hyprwhspr
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 9e585ee2e13d1..4ea240c74683a 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: goodroot <hyprwhspr@goodroot.ca>
 
 pkgname=hyprwhspr
-pkgver=1.8.7
+pkgver=1.8.8
 pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Native Whisper speech-to-text for Arch/Omarchy with Waybar integration"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ depends=(
 
 install=$pkgname.install
 source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodroot/$pkgname/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('28f08f41ee6aea71594c9302250b9274ee277b60d110e74360f3e09f96de5c0c')
+sha256sums=('7828f6d24afedb8da3f09b285a5bb39f79fbf6174b60b2a9540385f19bac2e46')
 
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"