diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 846f38f9..09b6f1dc 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
 # See LICENSE for details.
 
-VERSION = (0, 7, 1)
+VERSION = (0, 8, "0-dev")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"