diff --git a/tvb_contrib/setup.py b/tvb_contrib/setup.py
index df9f95a137..415229a4c5 100644
--- a/tvb_contrib/setup.py
+++ b/tvb_contrib/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import shutil
 import setuptools
 
-CONTRIB_VERSION = "2.7.4"
+CONTRIB_VERSION = "2.8"
 CONTRIB_DEPENDENCIES = ["tvb-library", "xarray", "scikit-learn"]
 TEAM = "Stuart Knock, Dionysios Perdikis, Paula Sanz Leon, Bogdan Valean, Marmaduke Woodman"
 
diff --git a/tvb_framework/setup.py b/tvb_framework/setup.py
index 0b171583cc..a85bf22882 100644
--- a/tvb_framework/setup.py
+++ b/tvb_framework/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import shutil
 import setuptools
 
-VERSION = "2.7.4"
+VERSION = "2.8"
 
 TVB_TEAM = "Mihai Andrei, Lia Domide, Stuart Knock, Bogdan Neacsa, Paula Prodan, Paula Sansz Leon, Marmaduke Woodman"
 
diff --git a/tvb_framework/setup_bids_monitor.py b/tvb_framework/setup_bids_monitor.py
index d03aa357f0..33fec03189 100644
--- a/tvb_framework/setup_bids_monitor.py
+++ b/tvb_framework/setup_bids_monitor.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 manifest_maker.template = 'MANIFEST_bids_monitor.in'
 
-VERSION = "2.7.4"
+VERSION = "2.8"
 
 TVB_TEAM = "Akash Upadhyay, Paula Prodan"
 
diff --git a/tvb_framework/setup_rest_client.py b/tvb_framework/setup_rest_client.py
index 00c802afff..0aebcd12ab 100644
--- a/tvb_framework/setup_rest_client.py
+++ b/tvb_framework/setup_rest_client.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 manifest_maker.template = 'MANIFEST_rest_client.in'
 
-VERSION = "2.7.4"
+VERSION = "2.8"
 
 TVB_TEAM = "Lia Domide, Paula Prodan, Bogdan Valean, Robert Vincze"
 
diff --git a/tvb_library/setup.py b/tvb_library/setup.py
index 0819f5fe93..aac865cbea 100644
--- a/tvb_library/setup.py
+++ b/tvb_library/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 import shutil
 import setuptools
 
-LIBRARY_VERSION = "2.7.4"
+LIBRARY_VERSION = "2.8"
 
 LIBRARY_TEAM = "Marmaduke Woodman, Stuart Knock, Paula Sanz Leon, Viktor Jirsa"
 
diff --git a/tvb_library/tvb/basic/config/settings.py b/tvb_library/tvb/basic/config/settings.py
index abb87c96f6..3cc3c5525d 100644
--- a/tvb_library/tvb/basic/config/settings.py
+++ b/tvb_library/tvb/basic/config/settings.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class VersionSettings(object):
     SVN_GIT_MIGRATION_REVISION = 10000
 
     # Current release number
-    BASE_VERSION = "2.7.4"
+    BASE_VERSION = "2.8"
 
     # Current DB version. Create a new migration script from command line and copy its gid here
     DB_STRUCTURE_VERSION = '32d4bf9f8def'
diff --git a/tvb_storage/setup.py b/tvb_storage/setup.py
index e618c95d0a..138803dae3 100644
--- a/tvb_storage/setup.py
+++ b/tvb_storage/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import shutil
 import setuptools
 
-STORAGE_VERSION = "2.7.4"
+STORAGE_VERSION = "2.8"
 
 STORAGE_TEAM = "Lia Domide, Paula Prodan, Bogdan Valean, Robert Vincze"