diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e220788867b7165736d2c2b178428dba85f13b5e..9b8a27efd971e8ea9be2214040a8f3a478d9528c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS(
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # OTB version number.  An even minor number corresponds to releases.
 SET(OTB_VERSION_MAJOR "2")
-SET(OTB_VERSION_MINOR "6")
+SET(OTB_VERSION_MINOR "8")
 SET(OTB_VERSION_PATCH "0")