diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index bcc19bfb55d..331a1bc151a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ env:
   CACHE_VERSION: 5
   PIP_CACHE_VERSION: 4
   MYPY_CACHE_VERSION: 4
-  HA_SHORT_VERSION: 2023.7
+  HA_SHORT_VERSION: 2023.8
   DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.10"
   ALL_PYTHON_VERSIONS: "['3.10', '3.11']"
   # 10.3 is the oldest supported version
diff --git a/homeassistant/const.py b/homeassistant/const.py
index 4bc5e189cf2..f3d3d48fdd2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/const.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .backports.enum import StrEnum
 
 APPLICATION_NAME: Final = "HomeAssistant"
 MAJOR_VERSION: Final = 2023
-MINOR_VERSION: Final = 7
+MINOR_VERSION: Final = 8
 PATCH_VERSION: Final = "0.dev0"
 __short_version__: Final = f"{MAJOR_VERSION}.{MINOR_VERSION}"
 __version__: Final = f"{__short_version__}.{PATCH_VERSION}"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c67835c544..e857abd31e5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name        = "homeassistant"
-version     = "2023.7.0.dev0"
+version     = "2023.8.0.dev0"
 license     = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
 description = "Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3."
 readme      = "README.rst"