diff --git a/pypots/version.py b/pypots/version.py
index 9e2606ec..ecb46f44 100644
--- a/pypots/version.py
+++ b/pypots/version.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 #
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
-__version__ = "0.7.1"
+__version__ = "0.8"