diff --git a/src/igvfd/__init__.py b/src/igvfd/__init__.py
index 7f2927d0c3..b63e0a573c 100644
--- a/src/igvfd/__init__.py
+++ b/src/igvfd/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '7.0.0'
+__version__ = '8.0.0'
 
 
 import igvfd.schema_formats  # needed to import before snovault to add FormatCheckers