diff --git a/opentok/version.py b/opentok/version.py
index ee8509a..7cc5b10 100644
--- a/opentok/version.py
+++ b/opentok/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # see: http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/#public-version-identifiers
-__version__ = '2.7.0'
+__version__ = '2.8.0'