diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index b539377..4b34152 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 PROJECT_NAME           = "webfuse"
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.7.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.8.0
 PROJECT_BRIEF          = "Websocket filesystem based on libfuse"
 PROJECT_LOGO           =
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = "doc/api"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index faef31a..a3df0a6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.0
+0.8.0
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 8fde872..9e87e44 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # webfuse changelog
 
+## 0.8.0 _(unknown)_
+
 ## 0.7.0 _(Sat Nov 14 2020)_
 
 *   __Feature:__ Allow to pass mount options to fuse
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b2d8545..b4b6c86 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('webfuse', 'c', 'cpp', version: '0.7.0', license: 'LGPL-3.0+',
+project('webfuse', 'c', 'cpp', version: '0.8.0', license: 'LGPL-3.0+',
 	default_options: ['c_std=gnu99', 'cpp_std=gnu++14'])
 
 without_tests = get_option('without_tests')