diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 2d3155d35e1126e49ac0b7594757a8f70625b430..3c50a9e8d0175120b7aa3857361889f764c3ab2e 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 10       // 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 = 10         // 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.