diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 52daafdf597eab5aac8580ab3cc5fb35f28ca3e9..57bdc69b0c650fe2da4820009ca60632f7a0b049 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 0
-PATCHLEVEL = 7
-VERSION_TWEAK = 2
+PATCHLEVEL = 8
+VERSION_TWEAK = 1
 EXTRAVERSION = beta