diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bcaffe19b5bb31046e122f4c9fef4354e7842a2d..8adc70fdd9d6a086cc636d251adf0c7a7bca8319 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.0
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+0.8.0
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