diff --git a/scheme/cyclone/common.sld b/scheme/cyclone/common.sld
index 38e3c2e2..0e4c31cf 100644
--- a/scheme/cyclone/common.sld
+++ b/scheme/cyclone/common.sld
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     *version-banner*
     *c-file-header-comment*)
   (begin
-(define *version-number* "0.7.3")
+(define *version-number* "0.8")
 (define *version-name* "")
 (define *version* (string-append *version-number* " " *version-name* ""))