diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index c1e64eca0a..84f0437cc6 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -5206,6 +5206,11 @@ if ( C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion) ) {
     SetVersion($DBversion);
 }
 
+$DBversion = "3.08.00.000";
+if ( C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion) ) {
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done\n";
+    SetVersion($DBversion);
+}
 
 =head1 FUNCTIONS
 
diff --git a/kohaversion.pl b/kohaversion.pl
index d69aa42a63..8b029f856a 100644
--- a/kohaversion.pl
+++ b/kohaversion.pl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ the kohaversion is divided in 4 parts :
 use strict;
 
 sub kohaversion {
-    our $VERSION = '3.07.00.049';
+    our $VERSION = '3.08.00.000';
     # version needs to be set this way
     # so that it can be picked up by Makefile.PL
     # during install