diff --git a/lib/simplecov/version.rb b/lib/simplecov/version.rb
index d0fbf81c..9683d4f9 100644
--- a/lib/simplecov/version.rb
+++ b/lib/simplecov/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module SimpleCov
-  VERSION = "0.7.1"
+  VERSION = "0.8.0.pre"
 end
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