diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 955976d532..bf4a8ae5a5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kotlin.incremental = true
 
 ksp.incremental = false
 
-projectVersion = 0.8.0-SNAPSHOT
+projectVersion = 1.8.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 #dokka will run out of memory with the default meta space
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024m