diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "cmr-umm-updater"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0a0"
 description = "Github action that publishes UMM-S and UMM-T updates to CMR"
 authors = ["podaac-cloud-tva <podaac-cloud-tva@jpl.nasa.gov>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"