diff --git a/docs/src/MATPOWER-manual/MATPOWER-manual.tex b/docs/src/MATPOWER-manual/MATPOWER-manual.tex
index 860e66f6..c7423b26 100644
--- a/docs/src/MATPOWER-manual/MATPOWER-manual.tex
+++ b/docs/src/MATPOWER-manual/MATPOWER-manual.tex
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 
 %\hyphenation{matpower}
 
-\newcommand{\mpver}[0]{8.0}
+\newcommand{\mpver}[0]{8.0.1-dev}
 %\newcommand{\matlab}[0]{{Matlab}}
 %\newcommand{\matlab}[0]{{\sc Matlab}\textsuperscript{\tiny \textregistered}}
 \newcommand{\matlab}[0]{{\sc Matlab}}
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 %\title{\hl{--- DRAFT  ---}\\\hl{\em do not distribute}\\~\\\matpower{} \mpver{}\\User's Manual}
 \title{User's Manual}
 \author{Ray~D.~Zimmerman \and Carlos~E.~Murillo-S\'anchez}
-\date{May 17, 2024} % comment this line to display the current date
+%\date{May 17, 2024} % comment this line to display the current date
 %\date{December 14, 2011\thanks{Second revision. First revision was December 13, 2011}} % comment this line to display the current date
 
 %%% BEGIN DOCUMENT
diff --git a/lib/mpver.m b/lib/mpver.m
index 87a83120..2efd6a5c 100644
--- a/lib/mpver.m
+++ b/lib/mpver.m
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 % v{1} = ver(p);
 
 v{1} = struct(  'Name',     'MATPOWER', ... 
-                'Version',  '8.0', ...
+                'Version',  '8.0.1-dev', ...
                 'Release',  '', ...
-                'Date',     '17-May-2024' );
+                'Date',     '04-Jun-2024' );
 if nargout > 0
     if nargin > 0
         rv = v{1};