diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ae694c78b..092379d9f 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import scala.util.Try
 // ThisBuild settings take lower precedence,
 // but can be shared across the multi projects.
 ThisBuild / version := {
-  val v = "2.0.0-alpha7-SNAPSHOT"
+  val v = "2.0.0-alpha8-SNAPSHOT"
   nightlyVersion.getOrElse(v)
 }
 ThisBuild / version2_13 := "2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT"