diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 1a008a031..685770298 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 // These need to be macros, as version.cpp's and bitcoin-qt.rc's voodoo requires it
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR       1
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       7
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       8
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    0
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD       0
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 377076c56..48a9094e2 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static const int DATABASE_VERSION = 70509;
 // network protocol versioning
 //
 
-static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 60014;
+static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 60015;
 
 // intial proto version, to be increased after version/verack negotiation
 static const int INIT_PROTO_VERSION = 209;