diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4172f1ef0..703e7b854 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.0.0-alpha.7
+current_version = 2.0.0-alpha.8
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/ocean_lib/__init__.py b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
index 087991d5c..ef8d99ccd 100644
--- a/ocean_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 __author__ = """OceanProtocol"""
 # fmt: off
-__version__ = '2.0.0-alpha.7'
+__version__ = '2.0.0-alpha.8'
 # fmt: on
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7addf4504..bffc297b1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean.py",
     # fmt: off
     # bumpversion.sh needs single-quotes
-    version='2.0.0-alpha.7',
+    version='2.0.0-alpha.8',
     # fmt: on
     zip_safe=False,
 )