diff --git a/Adafruit_IO/_version.py b/Adafruit_IO/_version.py
index 7f90850..892994a 100644
--- a/Adafruit_IO/_version.py
+++ b/Adafruit_IO/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.7.2"
+__version__ = "2.8.0"