diff --git a/maestrowf/__init__.py b/maestrowf/__init__.py
index 9a53f8681..e7ad197ed 100644
--- a/maestrowf/__init__.py
+++ b/maestrowf/__init__.py
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ def emit(self, record):
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 LOGGER.addHandler(NullHandler())
 
-__version_info__ = ("1", "1", "7")
+__version_info__ = ("1", "1", "8dev0")
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)