diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dee0bac..68d17c7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('D-YAML', 'd',
     meson_version: '>=0.40.0',
     subproject_dir: 'contrib',
-    version: '0.7.0'
+    version: '0.8.0'
 )
 
 project_soversion    = '0'