diff --git a/pykat/__init__.py b/pykat/__init__.py
index f70b4c830af87509f8fc776eeaf8526ce1d86f15..b21af8721a9e6dc26939f4e65a259a8ee6cf3fbf 100644
--- a/pykat/__init__.py
+++ b/pykat/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = "0.7.5"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
 
 # This flag is used to switch on the gui features in pkat at import time
 USE_GUI = False