diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ repo_name = u"dtoolcore"
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u"2.7.0"
+version = u"2.8.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/dtoolcore/__init__.py b/dtoolcore/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/dtoolcore/__init__.py
+++ b/dtoolcore/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ except ImportError:
 import dtoolcore.utils
 
 
-__version__ = "2.7.0"
+__version__ = "2.8.0"
 
 
 def _generate_storage_broker_lookup():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 url = "https://github.com/jic-dtool/dtoolcore"
 readme = open('README.rst').read()
Update version number to <I>