diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 765ac57f7..89091efd2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 # set version of the project
 set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION 0)
-set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 7)
+set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 8)
 set(LIBYANG_VERSION ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION})
 # set version of the library
 set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION 2)