diff --git a/tofu/version.py b/tofu/version.py
index e2f7c5726..75d314dc1 100644
--- a/tofu/version.py
+++ b/tofu/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Do not edit, pipeline versioning governed by git tags!
-__version__ = '1.7.9'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'