diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 6181669..0c41b9c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 History
 =======
 
+2.0rc8 (unreleased)
+-------------------
+
+- Nothing changed yet.
+
+
 2.0rc7 (2016-01-18)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/guessit/__version__.py b/guessit/__version__.py
index 7b96c1a..b3024ca 100644
--- a/guessit/__version__.py
+++ b/guessit/__version__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 Version module
 """
 # pragma: no cover
-__version__ = '2.0rc7'
+__version__ = '2.0rc8.dev0'