diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7ac243c73..4116286b3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-14.0.0-rc.7
+14.0.0-rc.8
diff --git a/src/main/aerospike.c b/src/main/aerospike.c
index ac7833bc4..982d410e3 100644
--- a/src/main/aerospike.c
+++ b/src/main/aerospike.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int Aerospike_Clear(PyObject *aerospike)
 PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_aerospike(void)
 {
 
-    const char version[] = "14.0.0-rc.7";
+    const char version[] = "14.0.0-rc.8";
     // Makes things "thread-safe"
     Py_Initialize();
     int i = 0;