diff --git a/version b/version
index 7d96b9172bdf4b9984c9ef2d4e5c174a7a4f26ee..bd2e49185f7dba32e52f386dc92b67093398f648 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.4next
+0.8rc1