diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ddc27b7..7df1d3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 0.7.3   - UNRELEASED
+Version 0.8.0   - UNRELEASED
 
   * Fixed date header parsing to be precise with timezone information.  Also,
     when writing From_ line timestamps, don't use UTC but local time, without
diff --git a/archivemail.py b/archivemail.py
index 73134b9..be90413 100755
--- a/archivemail.py
+++ b/archivemail.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Website: http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/
 """
 
 # global administrivia 
-__version__ = "archivemail v0.7.2"
+__version__ = "archivemail v0.8.0"
 __copyright__ = """\
 Copyright (C) 2002  Paul Rodger <paul@paulrodger.com>
           (C) 2006  Peter Poeml <poeml@suse.de>,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 296c7d6..53a3c13 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ check_python_version()
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name="archivemail",
-      version="0.7.2",
+      version="0.8.0",
       description="archive and compress old email",
       license="GNU GPL",
       url="http://archivemail.sourceforge.net/",