diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 83f8b73..208bfa7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR )
 
 project(
     string_view_lite
-    VERSION 1.7.0
+    VERSION 1.8.0
 #   DESCRIPTION "A C++17-like string_view for C++98, C++11 and later in a single-file header-only library"
 #   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/martinmoene/string-view-lite"
     LANGUAGES CXX )
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 2cb6505..fa68bdb 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from conans import ConanFile, CMake
 
 class StringViewLiteConan(ConanFile):
-    version = "1.7.0"
+    version = "1.8.0"
     name = "string-view-lite"
     description = "string-view"
     license = "Boost Software License - Version 1.0. http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt"
diff --git a/include/nonstd/string_view.hpp b/include/nonstd/string_view.hpp
index 5f1fccf..9c9159b 100644
--- a/include/nonstd/string_view.hpp
+++ b/include/nonstd/string_view.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #define NONSTD_SV_LITE_H_INCLUDED
 
 #define string_view_lite_MAJOR  1
-#define string_view_lite_MINOR  7
+#define string_view_lite_MINOR  8
 #define string_view_lite_PATCH  0
 
 #define string_view_lite_VERSION  nssv_STRINGIFY(string_view_lite_MAJOR) "." nssv_STRINGIFY(string_view_lite_MINOR) "." nssv_STRINGIFY(string_view_lite_PATCH)