diff --git a/meta.yaml b/meta.yaml
index aa316d4..82e4169 100644
--- a/meta.yaml
+++ b/meta.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package:
   name: "hexwatershed"
-  version: "0.2.1"
+  version: "0.2.3"
 
 source:
-  git_rev: v0.2.1
+  git_rev: v0.2.3
   git_url: https://github.com/changliao1025/pyhexwatershed
 
 build:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d5baee0..bdeaba1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.1
+current_version = 0.2.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 22155e4..b74503a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 AUTHOR = "Chang Liao"
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = "chang.liao@pnnl.gov"
 URL = "https://github.com/changliao1025/pyhexwatershed"
-VERSION = "0.2.1"
+VERSION = "0.2.3"
 REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.8.0"
 KEYWORDS = "hexwatershed hexagon"
 
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ def run(self):
             source_path = os.path.join(
                 HERE, "external", "hexwatershed")
             # Run the command using subprocess
-            shutil.rmtree(source_path)
+            if os.path.exists(source_path):
+                shutil.rmtree(source_path, ignore_errors=True)
 
             subprocess.run(git_command.split(), check=True)