diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index faef31a4357c48d6e4c55e84c8be8e3bc9055e20..a3df0a6959e154733da89a5d6063742ce6d5b851 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.0
+0.8.0