diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index e51797e..82c5781 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "0.5"
+IDLE_VERSION = "0.8"