diff --git a/mltb/version.py b/mltb/version.py
index 777f190..9a2fb7a 100644
--- a/mltb/version.py
+++ b/mltb/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1rc1"