diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index 0c7f7829915..2fe53d82a40 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Discourse
     module VERSION #:nodoc:
       MAJOR = 1
       MINOR = 7
-      TINY  = 7
+      TINY  = 8
       PRE   = nil
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')