diff --git a/categories/__init__.py b/categories/__init__.py
index 2e7637c..3b0c07e 100644
--- a/categories/__init__.py
+++ b/categories/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __version_info__ = {
     'major': 0,
     'minor': 8,
-    'micro': 5,
+    'micro': 6,
     'releaselevel': 'final',
     'serial': 1
 }
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __version_info__ = {
 def get_version(short=False):
     assert __version_info__['releaselevel'] in ('alpha', 'beta', 'final')
     vers = ["%(major)i.%(minor)i" % __version_info__, ]
-    if __version_info__['micro']:
+    if __version_info__['micro'] and not short:
         vers.append(".%(micro)i" % __version_info__)
     if __version_info__['releaselevel'] != 'final' and not short:
         vers.append('%s%i' % (__version_info__['releaselevel'][0], __version_info__['serial']))