diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 59f59e5eec02dc7debadc6f3db2e2258a56cfe22..cc017b4200b47bdb8f9333b2d7946bffb3bc8701 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name='newick',
-    version="0.7.0",
+    version="0.8.0",
     description='A python module to read and write the Newick format',
     long_description=read("README.md"),
     author='The Glottobank consortium',