diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index b318dc204..55e5d1b20 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <author>Bernhard Posselt, Alessandro Cosentino, Jan-Christoph Borchardt</author>
     <category>multimedia</category>
     <licence>AGPL</licence>
-    <version>8.7.5</version>
+    <version>8.8.0</version>
     <namespace>News</namespace>
 
     <!-- resources -->