diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a52d9c4b5..4ae0f0eeb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ version:
 	@:$(call check_defined, tag, new semver version tag to use on pyproject.toml)
 	@if echo "$(tag)" | grep -Eq '^(patch|minor|major)$$'; then uv version --bump $(tag); else uv version "$(tag)"; fi
 	@echo "__version__ = \"$$(uv version --short)\"" > validmind/__version__.py
-	@sed -i '' 's/^Version: .*/Version: '"$$(uv version --short)"'/' r/validmind/DESCRIPTION
+	@sed 's/^Version: .*/Version: '"$$(uv version --short)"'/' r/validmind/DESCRIPTION > r/validmind/DESCRIPTION.tmp && mv r/validmind/DESCRIPTION.tmp r/validmind/DESCRIPTION
 	@echo "Version updated to $$(uv version --short)"
 	@echo "Commiting changes to pyproject.toml, __version__.py and r/validmind/DESCRIPTION with message: $$(uv version --short)"
 	@git add pyproject.toml validmind/__version__.py r/validmind/DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c8bc6cbe..73c51066f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "validmind"
-version = "2.13.7"
+version = "2.13.8"
 description = "ValidMind Library"
 readme = "README.pypi.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.15"
diff --git a/r/validmind/DESCRIPTION b/r/validmind/DESCRIPTION
index ada73751f..1db910001 100644
--- a/r/validmind/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/r/validmind/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: validmind
 Type: Package
 Title: Interface to the 'ValidMind' Platform
-Version: 2.13.7
+Version: 2.13.8
 Authors@R: c(person("Andres", "Rodriguez", role = c("aut", "cre","cph"),
                       email = "andres@validmind.ai"))
 Maintainer: Andres Rodriguez <andres@validmind.ai>
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1688bb619..b50bb23a8 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -11340,7 +11340,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validmind"
-version = "2.13.7"
+version = "2.13.8"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp", extra = ["speedups"] },
diff --git a/validmind/__version__.py b/validmind/__version__.py
index 800de89f9..1e69d24fe 100644
--- a/validmind/__version__.py
+++ b/validmind/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.13.7"
+__version__ = "2.13.8"