diff --git a/serde/Cargo.toml b/serde/Cargo.toml
index d9faed11..e8e8d858 100644
--- a/serde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "serde"
 # DO NOT RELEASE ANY MORE 0.7 RELEASES FROM THIS BRANCH
 # USE THE 0.7.x BRANCH
-version = "0.7.14"
+version = "0.8.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "A generic serialization/deserialization framework"
diff --git a/serde_codegen/Cargo.toml b/serde_codegen/Cargo.toml
index 36795aaa..5e2d3a85 100644
--- a/serde_codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "serde_codegen"
 # DO NOT RELEASE ANY MORE 0.7 RELEASES FROM THIS BRANCH
 # USE THE 0.7.x BRANCH
-version = "0.7.14"
+version = "0.8.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "Macros to auto-generate implementations for the serde framework"
diff --git a/serde_macros/Cargo.toml b/serde_macros/Cargo.toml
index 0a0417a2..932c1910 100644
--- a/serde_macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "serde_macros"
 # DO NOT RELEASE ANY MORE 0.7 RELEASES FROM THIS BRANCH
 # USE THE 0.7.x BRANCH
-version = "0.7.14"
+version = "0.8.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "Macros to auto-generate implementations for the serde framework"
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ nightly-testing = ["clippy", "serde/nightly-testing", "serde_codegen/nightly-tes
 
 [dependencies]
 clippy = { version = "^0.*", optional = true }
-serde_codegen = { version = "^0.7.14", default-features = false, features = ["nightly"] }
+serde_codegen = { version = "^0.8.0-rc1", default-features = false, features = ["nightly"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 clippy = "^0.0.78"
 compiletest_rs = "^0.2.0"
 fnv = "1.0"
 rustc-serialize = "^0.3.16"
-serde = "0.7.14"
-serde_test = "0.7.14"
+serde = "0.8.0-rc1"
+serde_test = "0.8.0-rc1"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "test"
diff --git a/serde_test/Cargo.toml b/serde_test/Cargo.toml
index 03f01680..38d16702 100644
--- a/serde_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "serde_test"
 # DO NOT RELEASE ANY MORE 0.7 RELEASES FROM THIS BRANCH
 # USE THE 0.7.x BRANCH
-version = "0.7.14"
+version = "0.8.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "Token De/Serializer for testing De/Serialize implementations"
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ keywords = ["serde", "serialization"]
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs"]
 
 [dependencies]
-serde = "0.7.14"
+serde = "0.8.0-rc1"
diff --git a/testing/Cargo.toml b/testing/Cargo.toml
index 24b638fc..efae4b41 100644
--- a/testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "serde_testing"
-version = "0.7.14"
+version = "0.8.0-rc1"
 authors = ["Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "A generic serialization/deserialization framework"