diff --git a/src/compress.h b/src/compress.h
index 3bb01c684..4c30b42c8 100644
--- a/src/compress.h
+++ b/src/compress.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace maxcso {
 
-static const char *VERSION = "1.7.2";
+static const char *VERSION = "1.8.0";
 
 static const uint32_t DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE = 0xFFFFFFFF;