diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f01291b87fd57485703e1abae333e341d0af57b8..1cc9c180e266a183d615bbbb1b28f7ca520254d5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.7
+1.5.8
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index a75d5a3d10803611a5b9471c16b944c6b5ff1c83..b60e105d56ab0e11f8a7efadccacd292d8ee0aef 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ package params
 import "fmt"
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 5        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 7        // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 5          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 8          // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.