From 41a323cf7fe976e4b0d2593a41e486a89c1ab6b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Lawrence <slawrence@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:18:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare for 1.8.0 development

---
 VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bd8bf88..c4954f2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.8.0-SNAPSHOT