diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0f611fa5..644606cc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.1-rc0 701000
+0.8.0-rc0 800000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index b1886ad7..f04fd175 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=0
-project.versioning.minor=7
-project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.minor=8
+project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################