diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/composer.json b/plugins/woocommerce/composer.json
index e7a375af7ed..8d0ed16ccbd 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/composer.json
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "woocommerce/woocommerce",
 	"description": "An eCommerce toolkit that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.",
 	"homepage": "https://woocommerce.com/",
-	"version": "7.9.0",
+	"version": "8.0.0",
 	"type": "wordpress-plugin",
 	"license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
 	"prefer-stable": true,
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php
index 830447dc6e5..d401938bc4a 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ final class WooCommerce {
 	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
-	public $version = '7.9.0';
+	public $version = '8.0.0';
 
 	/**
 	 * WooCommerce Schema version.
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/package.json b/plugins/woocommerce/package.json
index 8bdba06e4f7..2cdb9227e6a 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/package.json
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "woocommerce",
 	"title": "WooCommerce",
-	"version": "7.9.0",
+	"version": "8.0.0",
 	"homepage": "https://woocommerce.com/",
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt b/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt
index c013428aebe..6531f5707dc 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,6 @@ WooCommerce comes with some sample data you can use to see how products look; im
 
 == Changelog ==
 
-= 7.9.0 2023-XX-XX =
+= 8.0.0 2023-XX-XX =
 
 [See changelog for all versions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/trunk/changelog.txt).
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php b/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php
index f5dd2c476e2..c9efc302865 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugin Name: WooCommerce
  * Plugin URI: https://woocommerce.com/
  * Description: An eCommerce toolkit that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.
- * Version: 7.9.0-dev
+ * Version: 8.0.0-dev
  * Author: Automattic
  * Author URI: https://woocommerce.com
  * Text Domain: woocommerce