diff --git a/lib/puppet/version.rb b/lib/puppet/version.rb
index a36a2cfb988..5dab6bc5b66 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/version.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/version.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Raketasks and such to set the version based on the output of `git describe`
 
 module Puppet
-  PUPPETVERSION = '8.7.0'
+  PUPPETVERSION = '8.8.0'
 
   ##
   # version is a public API method intended to always provide a fast and