diff --git a/telebot/version.py b/telebot/version.py
index 54f9f841a..54c4c5d23 100644
--- a/telebot/version.py
+++ b/telebot/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Versions should comply with PEP440.
 # This line is parsed in setup.py:
-__version__ = '3.7.9'
+__version__ = '3.8.0'