diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ce4f255e..f6e24a5a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ]\dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 7)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 7)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 8)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION,
 0)define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)