diff --git a/pycassa/__init__.py b/pycassa/__init__.py
index 0d6d9fdf..7bab773d 100644
--- a/pycassa/__init__.py
+++ b/pycassa/__init__.py
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 
 from pycassa.logging.pycassa_logger import *
 
-__version_info__ = (1, 7, 2)
+__version_info__ = (1, 8, '0-SNAPSHOT')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ed54a96..575e58dd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 long_description = """pycassa is a python client library for Apache Cassandra with the following features: