2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4261f9b6..f0932e1c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 40.7.3
+current_version = 40.8.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3e1cc7e..8ec7ce06 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def pypi_link(pkg_filename):
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="setuptools",
-    version="40.7.3",
+    version="40.8.0",
     description=(
         "Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall "
         "Python packages"