diff --git a/solidity/package.json b/solidity/package.json
index a13c51bb5..781cd2806 100644
--- a/solidity/package.json
+++ b/solidity/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@keep-network/tbtc-v2",
-  "version": "1.7.0-dev",
+  "version": "1.8.0-dev",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-only",
   "files": [
     "artifacts/",