diff --git a/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py b/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py
index 33a8680c..070f8da1 100644
--- a/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py
+++ b/xblocks_contrib/__init__.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 from .video import VideoBlock
 from .word_cloud import WordCloudBlock
 
-__version__ = "0.7.1"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"