diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72499b92..641f3534 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>cloudgene</groupId>
 	<artifactId>cloudgene</artifactId>
-	<version>2.7.0</version>
+	<version>2.8.0-beta1</version>
 
 	<name>Cloudgene</name>
 	<url>http://www.cloudgene.io</url>
diff --git a/src/main/html/webapp/package-lock.json b/src/main/html/webapp/package-lock.json
index ede0992a..ca92bd71 100644
--- a/src/main/html/webapp/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/main/html/webapp/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "cloudgene",
-  "version": "2.7.0",
+  "version": "2.8.0-beta1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cloudgene",
-      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "version": "2.8.0-beta1",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "5.3.1",
diff --git a/src/main/html/webapp/package.json b/src/main/html/webapp/package.json
index 92fcd7b5..14e8b733 100644
--- a/src/main/html/webapp/package.json
+++ b/src/main/html/webapp/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cloudgene",
-  "version": "2.7.0",
+  "version": "2.8.0-beta1",
   "description": "Cloudgene web client",
   "homepage": "http://www.cloudgene.io",
   "author": "Lukas Forer <lukas.forer@i-med.ac.at (http://www.forer.it)",
diff --git a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/Main.java b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/Main.java
index 01b30d04..d15a8207 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/Main.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 public class Main {
 
-	public static final String VERSION = "2.7.0";
+	public static final String VERSION = "2.8.0-beta1";
 
 	private Database database;