diff --git a/builds/msvc/version.h b/builds/msvc/version.h
index b06cf396..653fe74b 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/version.h
+++ b/builds/msvc/version.h
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 #define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "1.0.5"
 
-#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR 7
-#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 7
+#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR 8
+#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 0
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b6cfe943..1d7e2ff0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 ISODATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 AC_SUBST(ISODATE)
 
-SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR=7
-SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR=7
-DLL_VERSION=6
-SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION=17:0:4
+SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR=8
+SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR=0
+DLL_VERSION=7
+SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION=17:0:0
 #                       | | |
 #                +------+ | +---+
 #                |        |     |
diff --git a/msvc-scripts/process.bat b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
index c1a25eaf..4aa10d83 100755
--- a/msvc-scripts/process.bat
+++ b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/1.0.5/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR@/7/ < tmp > tmp2
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/7/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR@/8/ < tmp > tmp2
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/0/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
 del tmp tmp2