diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 75c3315688dde8b27e2174550f7dab9095f6971e..243ddf1f43c53290cad18446d9c1c953735b1ec3 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ copyright = u'2016-2017, Red Hat Inc. '
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.7'
+version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e2709c73e77714c99bff1ccf8f8143a580905ff9..eaf4197a9fed03b2cbd0f678327126156518ad63 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ https://python-libevdev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 # When bumping the version, also bump it doc/source/conf.py
 setup(name='libevdev',
-      version='0.7',
+      version='0.8',
       description='Python wrapper for libevdev',
       long_description=long_description,
       author='Peter Hutterer',
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ setup(name='libevdev',
       url='https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/python-libevdev',
       packages=['libevdev'],
       classifiers=[
-           'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+           'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
            'Topic :: Software Development',
            'Intended Audience :: Developers',
            'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',