diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b75166e2..6431d504 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bpmn-js",
-  "version": "7.5.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 805498ed..de37f56d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bpmn-js",
-  "version": "7.5.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.0",
   "description": "A bpmn 2.0 toolkit and web modeler",
   "scripts": {
     "all": "run-s lint test distro test:distro",