diff --git a/src/lib/libutil/shlib_version b/src/lib/libutil/shlib_version
index b39addfc..d0f0988b 100644
--- a/src/lib/libutil/shlib_version
+++ b/src/lib/libutil/shlib_version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-major=7
-minor=1
+major=8
+minor=0