diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py b/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
index edad4acd12..377feb0eae 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '_extensions')))
 # the repository version needs to be the one that is loaded:
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '..', '..', 'lib')))
 
-VERSION = '2.7'
+VERSION = '2.8'
 AUTHOR = 'Ansible, Inc'