diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e049237..5231e68 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.0-rc5
+current_version = 1.0.0-rc8
 commit = True
 
 [bumpversion:file:ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py]
diff --git a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py
index f15ce4a..0ca9d34 100644
--- a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py
+++ b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.0-rc5'
+__version__ = '1.0.0-rc8'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f3357f1..ec22dd5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
-__version__ = '1.0.0-rc5'
+__version__ = '1.0.0-rc8'
 
 if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
     # test server