diff --git a/xmantissa/_version.py b/xmantissa/_version.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/xmantissa/_version.py
+++ b/xmantissa/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"