diff --git a/PySAM/version.py b/PySAM/version.py
index 834bc48..0daae8c 100644
--- a/PySAM/version.py
+++ b/PySAM/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '7.2.0'
+__version__ = '8.0.0'