diff --git a/.circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh b/.circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh
index d4c31cefc7e5..ec7651823536 100755
--- a/.circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh
+++ b/.circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PIP_UPLOAD_FOLDER='nightly/'
 # We put this here so that OVERRIDE_PACKAGE_VERSION below can read from it
 export DATE="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
 #TODO: We should be pulling semver version from the base version.txt
-BASE_BUILD_VERSION="1.7.0.dev$DATE"
+BASE_BUILD_VERSION="1.8.0.dev$DATE"
 # Change BASE_BUILD_VERSION to git tag when on a git tag
 # Use 'git -C' to make doubly sure we're in the correct directory for checking
 # the git tag
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_FOR_SYSTEM:-}" == "windows" ]]; then
 fi
 
 export DATE="$DATE"
-export NIGHTLIES_DATE_PREAMBLE=1.7.0.dev
+export NIGHTLIES_DATE_PREAMBLE=1.8.0.dev
 export PYTORCH_BUILD_VERSION="$PYTORCH_BUILD_VERSION"
 export PYTORCH_BUILD_NUMBER="$PYTORCH_BUILD_NUMBER"
 export OVERRIDE_PACKAGE_VERSION="$PYTORCH_BUILD_VERSION"
diff --git a/android/README.md b/android/README.md
index bf5fa02e6cf4..e67b2e6ec071 100644
--- a/android/README.md
+++ b/android/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android:1.5.0'
-    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android_torchvision:1.5.0'
+    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android:1.6.0'
+    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android_torchvision:1.6.0'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     ...
-    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android:1.7.0-SNAPSHOT'
-    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android_torchvision:1.7.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android:1.8.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    implementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android_torchvision:1.8.0-SNAPSHOT'
     ...
 }
 ```
-The current nightly(snapshots) version is the value of `VERSION_NAME` in `gradle.properties` in current folder, at this moment it is `1.7.0-SNAPSHOT`.
+The current nightly(snapshots) version is the value of `VERSION_NAME` in `gradle.properties` in current folder, at this moment it is `1.8.0-SNAPSHOT`.
 
 ## Building PyTorch Android from Source
 
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 6e0dc0ac86b0..0ab42c56396d 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ABI_FILTERS=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64
 
-VERSION_NAME=1.7.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=1.8.0-SNAPSHOT
 GROUP=org.pytorch
 MAVEN_GROUP=org.pytorch
 POM_URL=https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/tree/master/android
diff --git a/android/test_app/app/build.gradle b/android/test_app/app/build.gradle
index 9be0ad2d7aa6..37bdb35e2f19 100644
--- a/android/test_app/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/test_app/app/build.gradle
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ android {
 
 tasks.all { task ->
     // Disable externalNativeBuild for all but nativeBuild variant
-    if (task.name.startsWith('externalNativeBuild') 
+    if (task.name.startsWith('externalNativeBuild')
           && !task.name.contains('NativeBuild')) {
         task.enabled = false
     }
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ dependencies {
     //nativeBuildImplementation(name: 'pytorch_android_torchvision-release', ext: 'aar')
     //extractForNativeBuild(name: 'pytorch_android-release', ext: 'aar')
 
-    nightlyImplementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android:1.7.0-SNAPSHOT'
-    nightlyImplementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android_torchvision:1.7.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    nightlyImplementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android:1.8.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    nightlyImplementation 'org.pytorch:pytorch_android_torchvision:1.8.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
     aarImplementation(name:'pytorch_android', ext:'aar')
     aarImplementation(name:'pytorch_android_torchvision', ext:'aar')
diff --git a/torch/csrc/onnx/onnx.h b/torch/csrc/onnx/onnx.h
index 900de0ea57c2..9daced8a3e4d 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/onnx/onnx.h
+++ b/torch/csrc/onnx/onnx.h
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ enum class TrainingMode {
 // onnx::IR_VERSION. with this change, the test_operators.py will be more
 // stable. only bump it when it's necessary
 static const size_t IR_VERSION = 6;
-static const char* PRODUCER_VERSION = "1.7";
+static const char* PRODUCER_VERSION = "1.8";
 }} // namespace torch::onnx
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 56fee0696648..52d893bfbb54 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0a0
+1.8.0a0