diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 209f42e759..f248ce36ed 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require 'compatibility'
 
 ARGV.extend(HomebrewArgvExtension)
 
-HOMEBREW_VERSION = '0.7.1'
+HOMEBREW_VERSION = '0.8'
 HOMEBREW_WWW = 'http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/'
 
 HOMEBREW_CACHE = if Process.uid == 0