diff --git a/sdk/python/setup.py b/sdk/python/setup.py
index 262ad80488..fbbb37898c 100644
--- a/sdk/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="kubeflow-training",
-    version="1.7.0",
+    version="1.8.0rc0",
     author="Kubeflow Authors",
     author_email="hejinchi@cn.ibm.com",
     license="Apache License Version 2.0",