diff --git a/MAJOR_VERSION b/MAJOR_VERSION
index 7f8f011eb..45a4fb75d 100644
--- a/MAJOR_VERSION
+++ b/MAJOR_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+8
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 27f40c42d..ada7bab88 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
       artiq = pkgs.python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
         pname = "artiq";
-        version = "7.0-dev";
+        version = "8.0-dev";
         src = self;
 
         preBuild = "export VERSIONEER_OVERRIDE=${version}";