diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 00bf7711c6b597595d6ce598086e0f74e969a638..f2ae7edab8555f9a6bd8ac4c179fcb1af8d78d2b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 7)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 8)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 456b13a319580f369f6b3de82cc44eefb8d8e492..3188f6a58966fdb3c4c2d2e228c591e87a7e1359 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.7.7
+LIBVERSION = 1.7.8
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 5c4cf661e433934f7cde921c11cf71223fd138f6..5da278ee2b04dedd1e5ba02d40fdb8f8c17d87f0 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 7)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 8)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 18210c82c9c43ad0aa1645a1346cc23fac5786d4..8d45390219c95864131f6ecd62c94baa0c9e4bf4 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ then using the CJSON_API_VISIBILITY flag to "export" the same symbols the way CJ
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 7
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 8
 
 #include <stddef.h>