diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_to_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_to_pypi.yml
index 2716cfef..caff42db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_to_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_to_pypi.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
+        python-version: '3.8'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ae580d1..beccdeaf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     link_args = ["-static"]
 
 # in development set version to none and ...
-PYPI_VERSION = "0.3"  # Note: don't add any dashes if you want to use conda, use b1 not .b1 
+PYPI_VERSION = "0.3.1"  # Note: don't add any dashes if you want to use conda, use b1 not .b1 
 
 # Return the git revision as a string (from numpy)