diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1c0e844..a980a1d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
 .SUFFIXES:
 
 major-version = 0
-minor-version = 7
+minor-version = 8
 version := $(major-version).$(minor-version)
 
 prefix = /tmp/sunterlib
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d98d153..fcb6ce8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+version 0.8
+
 version 0.7 2004-06-03
 * The MS-DOS accommodation release. Cygwin tar can't deal with
   aux.scm, so it has been renamed.