diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bd7fd8d7..447631db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
 project(jstar)
 
 set(JSTAR_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(JSTAR_VERSION_MINOR 7)
+set(JSTAR_VERSION_MINOR 8)
 set(JSTAR_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(JSTAR_VERSION ${JSTAR_VERSION_MAJOR}.${JSTAR_VERSION_MINOR}.${JSTAR_VERSION_PATCH})
 
diff --git a/include/jstar/jstarconf.h b/include/jstar/jstarconf.h
index 7dd6673c..bcf23b8b 100644
--- a/include/jstar/jstarconf.h
+++ b/include/jstar/jstarconf.h
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 // Version
 #define JSTAR_VERSION_MAJOR  1
-#define JSTAR_VERSION_MINOR  7
+#define JSTAR_VERSION_MINOR  8
 #define JSTAR_VERSION_PATCH  0
-#define JSTAR_VERSION_STRING "1.7.0"
+#define JSTAR_VERSION_STRING "1.8.0"
 
 // Increasing version number, used for range checking
 #define JSTAR_VERSION \