diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 93913a6f..bb616c64 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION=1.7.0
-REVISION=1
+VERSION=1.8.0
+REVISION=dev.1
diff --git a/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg b/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg
index e1009f4e..a6f51f74 100644
--- a/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg
+++ b/prometheus-podman-exporter.spec.rpkg
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 %global git0 https://%{import_path}
 
 Name: prometheus-podman-exporter
-Version: 1.7.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Version: 1.8.0
+Release: dev.1%{?dist}
 Summary: Prometheus exporter for podman v4.x
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: %{git0}
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 21 2024 Navid Yaghoobi <navidys@fedoraproject.org> 1.8.0-dev-1
+
 * Sun Jan 21 2024 Navid Yaghoobi <navidys@fedoraproject.org> 1.7.0-1
 - Bump github.com/containers/podman/v4 from 4.8.2 to 4.8.3
 - Bump github.com/containers/common from 0.57.1 to 0.57.2