diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index 5c580eed..48e73471 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 7
-	appPatch uint = 1
+	appMinor uint = 8
+	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.