diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 051da8a0..a95df058 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ copyright = u'1990-2012, Python Software Foundation'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.7'
+version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.7'
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.