diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de55c3e..32f58b6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project(EDM4EIC
   LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR 7 )
+SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR 8 )
 SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR 0 )
 SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
 SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION  "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH}" )
diff --git a/edm4eic.yaml b/edm4eic.yaml
index 7a53145..5cf74d3 100644
--- a/edm4eic.yaml
+++ b/edm4eic.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ## If there are schema version changes that can be evolved, see the podio documentation
 ## for an example: https://github.com/hegner/podio/blob/master/tests/schema_evolution.yaml
 ##
-schema_version: 700
+schema_version: 800
 
 options :
   # should getters / setters be prefixed with get / set?
@@ -567,4 +567,3 @@ datatypes:
     OneToOneRelations:
       - edm4eic::Cluster  cluster           // reference to the cluster
       - edm4eic::Track track                // reference to the track
-