diff --git a/.configs/monteur/app/config/en/metadata.toml b/.configs/monteur/app/config/en/metadata.toml
index 2e91253..22e00b0 100644
--- a/.configs/monteur/app/config/en/metadata.toml
+++ b/.configs/monteur/app/config/en/metadata.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Name = 'Upscaler'
 Command = 'upscaler'
 ID = 'upscaler'
-Version = 'v0.7.0' # version number
+Version = 'v0.8.0' # version number
 Category = 'devel' # software category
 Suite = ''         # software suite (e.g. MSFT Office for MSFT Word)
 Abstract = "Holloway's Upscaler - for Image and Video"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e7f5d1a..4ea5caf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.7.0
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.8.0
\ No newline at end of file