diff --git a/internal/source/icon.rc b/internal/source/icon.rc
index a64392ff0..1daa0ffd4 100644
--- a/internal/source/icon.rc
+++ b/internal/source/icon.rc
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "qb64.manifest"
 
 1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION     0,7,1,0
-PRODUCTVERSION  0,7,1,0
+FILEVERSION     0,8,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  0,8,0,0
 BEGIN
     BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
     BEGIN
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName","QB64\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription","QB64 Compiler\0"
-            VALUE "FileVersion","0,7,1,0\0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion","0,8,0,0\0"
             VALUE "InternalName","qb64.bas\0"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright","MIT\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks","\0"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename","qb64.exe\0"
             VALUE "ProductName","QB64\0"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion","0,7,1,0\0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion","0,8,0,0\0"
             VALUE "Comments","QB64 is a modern extended BASIC programming language that retains QB4.5/QBasic compatibility and compiles native binaries for Windows, Linux and macOS.\0"
             VALUE "Web","\0"
         END
diff --git a/internal/source/main.txt b/internal/source/main.txt
index 7ff69cfd3..a5bdbf5ea 100644
--- a/internal/source/main.txt
+++ b/internal/source/main.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if(!qbevent)break;evnt(24,1,"version.bas");}while(r);
 do{
 if(!qbevent)break;evnt(24,2,"version.bas");}while(r);
 do{
-qbs_set(__STRING_VERSION,qbs_new_txt_len("0.7.1",5));
+qbs_set(__STRING_VERSION,qbs_new_txt_len("0.8.0",5));
 qbs_cleanup(qbs_tmp_base,0);
 if(!qbevent)break;evnt(24,4,"version.bas");}while(r);
 S_4:;