diff --git a/.version b/.version
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+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.2-dev
+0.8.0-alpha1-pre-redrawhook
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
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--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Changes in HEAD
+# Changes in 0.8.0-alpha1-pre-redrawhook
 
 ## Notice about an improbable-but-not-impossible forward incompatibility