diff --git a/builds/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/builds/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a41f330e9..c5352099f3 100644
--- a/builds/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builds/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else ()
   set( libdir "\${exec_prefix}/lib" )
   set( includedir "\${exec_prefix}/include" )
 
-  set( PACKAGE_VERSION "3.7.0" )
+  set( PACKAGE_VERSION "3.8.0" )
   set( VERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION}" )
 endif ()
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5237b04390..e2207aa2bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
 
 # Process command-line arguments and perform initialization and verification.
-AC_INIT([libbitcoin-system], [3.7.0], [eric@voskuil.org])
+AC_INIT([libbitcoin-system], [3.8.0], [eric@voskuil.org])
 
 # Do compilation tests.
 AC_LANG(C++)
diff --git a/include/bitcoin/system/version.hpp b/include/bitcoin/system/version.hpp
index 0264f2cd57..0533625f89 100644
--- a/include/bitcoin/system/version.hpp
+++ b/include/bitcoin/system/version.hpp
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
  * For interpretation of the versioning scheme see: http://semver.org
  */
 
-#define LIBBITCOIN_SYSTEM_VERSION "3.7.0"
+#define LIBBITCOIN_SYSTEM_VERSION "3.8.0"
 #define LIBBITCOIN_SYSTEM_MAJOR_VERSION 3
-#define LIBBITCOIN_SYSTEM_MINOR_VERSION 7
+#define LIBBITCOIN_SYSTEM_MINOR_VERSION 8
 #define LIBBITCOIN_SYSTEM_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #endif