diff --git a/discord.go b/discord.go
index 28a2b46..2f7c97d 100644
--- a/discord.go
+++ b/discord.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package discordgo
 import "fmt"
 
 // DiscordGo Version, follows Symantic Versioning. (http://semver.org/)
-const VERSION = "0.7.0"
+const VERSION = "0.8.0-alpha"
 
 /*
 type Config struct {