diff --git a/etc/cmake/ArmarXPackageVersion.cmake b/etc/cmake/ArmarXPackageVersion.cmake
index 724ff81fa8dbc4bd6bdaf18e32785e3bec0ba6ca..12ec45aa01c67c1f614e4fa85b95ad516ae4a87b 100644
--- a/etc/cmake/ArmarXPackageVersion.cmake
+++ b/etc/cmake/ArmarXPackageVersion.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # armarx version file
 set(ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
-set(ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR "7")
-set(ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_PATCH "7")
+set(ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR "8")
+set(ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_PATCH "0")
 
 set(ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION "${ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR}.${ARMARX_PACKAGE_LIBRARY_VERSION_PATCH}")