diff --git a/META b/META
index 9acd99a10953b119b050c4d3e8ed9da79421fe97..a1c91a0261f3698b1e007e1926f5a27089654dfc 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	4
   Micro:        0
   Version:	0.4.0
-  Release:	0.pre7
+  Release:	0.pre8
   API_CURRENT:	6	
   API_AGE:	4
   API_REVISION:	0