diff --git a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/CMakeLists.txt b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/CMakeLists.txt
index 8400c1094c7..ccfd7576caa 100644
--- a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-project(zookeeper VERSION 3.7.0)
+project(zookeeper VERSION 3.8.0)
 set(email user@zookeeper.apache.org)
 set(description "zookeeper C client")
 
diff --git a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac
index 8e24d651c1b..fe10af9f36a 100644
--- a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac
+++ b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT([zookeeper C client],3.7.0,[user@zookeeper.apache.org],[zookeeper])
+AC_INIT([zookeeper C client],3.8.0,[user@zookeeper.apache.org],[zookeeper])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/zookeeper.c])
 
 # Save initial CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS values before AC_PROG_CC and AC_PROG_CXX
diff --git a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/include/zookeeper_version.h b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/include/zookeeper_version.h
index 9fa2bae3d2f..03d5928b388 100644
--- a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/include/zookeeper_version.h
+++ b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/include/zookeeper_version.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define ZOO_VERSION "3.7.0"
+#define ZOO_VERSION "3.8.0"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }