diff --git a/ovos_messagebus/version.py b/ovos_messagebus/version.py
index e27dc7e..c4e4681 100644
--- a/ovos_messagebus/version.py
+++ b/ovos_messagebus/version.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 0
 VERSION_BUILD = 4
-VERSION_ALPHA = 7
+VERSION_ALPHA = 8
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK