diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 667dfef2..7849d5cf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name            = "kobo",
-    version         = "0.7.0",
+    version         = "0.8.0",
     description     = "A pile of python modules used by Red Hat release engineering to build their tools",
     url             = "https://github.com/release-engineering/kobo/",
     author          = "Red Hat, Inc.",