diff --git a/otterwiki/version.py b/otterwiki/version.py
index d9e9af3..6ec53be 100644
--- a/otterwiki/version.py
+++ b/otterwiki/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # vim: set et ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 ai:
 
 # version_onfo managed by tbump
-version_info = (2, 7, 0, "")
+version_info = (2, 8, 0, "")
 
 # build version string from version_info
 __version__ = f"{version_info[0]}.{version_info[1]}.{version_info[2]}" + (
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 273c8c7..8f18702 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [version]
-current = "2.7.0"
+current = "2.8.0"
 regex = '''
   (?P<major>\d+)
   \.