diff --git a/slixmpp/version.py b/slixmpp/version.py
index 7cff2e74..027f69e2 100644
--- a/slixmpp/version.py
+++ b/slixmpp/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # Slixmpp: The Slick XMPP Library
 # Copyright (C) 2010  Nathanael C. Fritz
 # This file is part of Slixmpp.
@@ -6,5 +5,5 @@
 # We don't want to have to import the entire library
 # just to get the version info for setup.py
 
-__version__ = '1.7.0'
-__version_info__ = (1, 7, 0)
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version_info__ = (1, 8, 0)