diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h b/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
index dda9c83c..d41e419e 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define TAGLIB_H
 
 #define TAGLIB_MAJOR_VERSION 1
-#define TAGLIB_MINOR_VERSION 7
+#define TAGLIB_MINOR_VERSION 8
 #define TAGLIB_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 1))