diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3991fb48..a1dce9d3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # CHANGES.md
 
+## v0.2.7
+* Fix issue #97 where valid input arguments were not recognised in the download script
+
 ## v0.2.6
 * Add Dockerfiles for making Docker images
 
diff --git a/pyani/__init__.py b/pyani/__init__.py
index e1a3705c..d633d327 100644
--- a/pyani/__init__.py
+++ b/pyani/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 # python package version
 # should match r"^__version__ = '(?P<version>[^']+)'$" for setup.py
-__version__ = '0.2.6'
-
-
+__version__ = '0.2.7'