diff --git a/openml/__version__.py b/openml/__version__.py
index ec563719b..f05fd4fb9 100644
--- a/openml/__version__.py
+++ b/openml/__version__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """Version information."""
 
 # The following line *must* be the last in the module, exactly as formatted:
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0dev"