diff --git a/modelx/__init__.py b/modelx/__init__.py
index c77d11b1..9ea121f4 100644
--- a/modelx/__init__.py
+++ b/modelx/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
-VERSION = (0, 0, 7)
+VERSION = (0, 0, 8, 'dev')
 __version__ = '.'.join([str(x) for x in VERSION])
 from modelx.core.api import *