diff --git a/PKG-INFO b/PKG-INFO
index c4a45396b..25eecb3b5 100644
--- a/PKG-INFO
+++ b/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.2
 Name: pysteps
-Version: 1.7.4
+Version: 1.8.0
 Summary: Python framework for short-term ensemble prediction systems
 Home-page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pysteps/
 License: LICENSE
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f40d7bc49..acd2d6145 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pysteps",
-    version="1.7.4",
+    version="1.8.0",
     author="PySteps developers",
     packages=find_packages(),
     license="LICENSE",