diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d78f30e5..c0c37585 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(libssh2,0.7,sarag@libssh2.org)
+AC_INIT(libssh2,0.8,sarag@libssh2.org)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([include/libssh2_config.h])
 
diff --git a/include/libssh2.h b/include/libssh2.h
index 40e07985..5c51790c 100644
--- a/include/libssh2.h
+++ b/include/libssh2.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long libssh2_uint64_t;
 typedef long long libssh2_int64_t;
 #endif
 
-#define LIBSSH2_VERSION								"0.7"
+#define LIBSSH2_VERSION								"0.8"
 #define LIBSSH2_APINO								200503221619
 
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