diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7a86eda5728f6f79464925cdc456f688bbf9950a..60919325d670c10fbe3b68fccb0fa77034f1f9c2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.7.0-pre
+10.8.0-pre