diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 9f6789eab..859c6f746 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var steampipeVersion = "0.17.0"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-var prerelease = "alpha.7"
+var prerelease = "alpha.8"
 
 // SteampipeVersion is an instance of semver.Version. This has the secondary
 // benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a