diff --git a/.gitsubprojects b/.gitsubprojects
index e59ed03553e15b6160eaff53de7047d2dc0054d1..1db37bbdf6ca42880a7168171733dd6605dcc81a 100644
--- a/.gitsubprojects
+++ b/.gitsubprojects
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #git_subproject( gmrvlex https://github.com/vg-lab/gmrvlex.git c20b194 )
 #git_subproject( Brion https://github.com/BlueBrain/Brion.git 073f356 )
 git_subproject( ReTo https://github.com/gmrvvis/ReTo.git bd0c110 )
-git_subproject( SimIL https://github.com/gmrvvis/SimIL.git 4cce8fc8 )
+git_subproject( SimIL https://github.com/gmrvvis/SimIL.git 78f316c0 )
 git_subproject( scoop https://github.com/gmrvvis/scoop.git b3326cd )
 git_subproject( plab https://github.com/vg-lab/particlelab.git f7fecd1 )
 git_subproject( acuterecorder https://github.com/vg-lab/AcuteRecorder.git e17cce7 )
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0215bc1d5b8a73a819f2aa0a11006e438af3130e..f908e2721ec08636b1d7e05a9a7bb68b3e5dee2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR )
 
 # visimpl project and version
-project( visimpl VERSION 1.8.7 )
+project( visimpl VERSION 1.8.8 )
 set( visimpl_VERSION_ABI 6 )
 
 SET( VISIMPL_LICENSE "GPL")