diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 932f63e..148ded0 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 7
+	appMinor uint = 8
 	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet per