diff --git a/cq_editor/_version.py b/cq_editor/_version.py
index 49e0fc1e..82d720c5 100644
--- a/cq_editor/_version.py
+++ b/cq_editor/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.dev0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20ddb7ea..dbf3f5c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "CQ-editor"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.dev0"
 dependencies = [
   "cadquery",
   "PyQt5",