diff --git a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
index f6c5796..2bbe4a2 100644
--- a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 // an argument to denote that this process was spawned by -d
 const daemonProcess = "daemon-process"
 
-var version = "1.0.5-dev"
+var version = "1.0.8-dev"
 
 // attempts to pledge and panic if it fails
 // this does nothing on non-OpenBSD systems