diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 7ae0c87a563e808c98b3c21685544be6e14f007c..c33a0a1a7c3bde6c4a3049fa86820fa4c3f6ec08 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 // between betas, final and RCs. This is _not_ the public version number. Reset minor/patchlevel
 // when updating major/minor version number.
 
-$OC_Version = array(11, 0, 7, 3);
+$OC_Version = array(11, 0, 8, 0);
 
 // The human readable string
-$OC_VersionString = '11.0.7';
+$OC_VersionString = '11.0.8 RC 1';
 
 $OC_VersionCanBeUpgradedFrom = [
 	'nextcloud' => [