diff --git a/chatterbot/__init__.py b/chatterbot/__init__.py
index 10f430d3e..c353b11f1 100644
--- a/chatterbot/__init__.py
+++ b/chatterbot/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 from .chatterbot import ChatBot
 
-__version__ = '0.7.6'
+__version__ = '0.8.0'
 __author__ = 'Gunther Cox'
 __email__ = 'gunthercx@gmail.com'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot'