diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 5175485fc328ab543e43345a2ca115a6cae2e2cc..0b121edcee4e26e2986c8b2849644ee6ef5fbe2d 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 || for more information.
 */
 
-#define PIKE_MAJOR_VERSION 7
-#define PIKE_MINOR_VERSION 9
-#define PIKE_BUILD_VERSION 11
+#define PIKE_MAJOR_VERSION 8
+#define PIKE_MINOR_VERSION 0
+#define PIKE_BUILD_VERSION 1
 
 /* Prototypes begin here */
 PMOD_EXPORT void f_version(INT32 args);