diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index c5e3b4c..1d5ac38 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-_VERSION = 0.7-rc1
+_VERSION = 0.8-dev
 VERSION  = `git describe --tags --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo $(_VERSION)`
 
 PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config