diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 13022f8ace74b6abe0d6dcc0529e6f8f777c9e98..19f6b154ec469afe4b524e931ec108f0ae0d70f0 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.7.0",
+  "version": "3.8.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 127e2670bba9a74cd307dd1bc900e5e709dada3d..8249cbec07f69c37b76e35a93a9b3d25bc4a13bb 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.7.0");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.8.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index d46143ddd4e109b5923102b5f8a777623a6f36ac..4a42fe731986caccba6c0003e581779ca3c9e924 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.7.0",
+  "version": "3.8.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index f5f5a1f1d487e4312c4aae40596e276ee0e6c08e..41bc44d28746b515b012c60a54579e3487cf4005 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.7.0")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.8.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();