diff --git a/lib/leap_web/version.rb b/lib/leap_web/version.rb
index 139f3c97ad46ee4f24891b2fabe7d86b0e67305c..f6f99aeeed0d2f0bc8ff73f94701f3213fb3f2b2 100644
--- a/lib/leap_web/version.rb
+++ b/lib/leap_web/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module LeapWeb
-  VERSION = "0.2.7" unless defined?(LeapWeb::VERSION)
+  VERSION = "0.2.8.rc" unless defined?(LeapWeb::VERSION)
 end