diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index eab827bb6d04ccbaa38bc17a29df1d0c68772417..e6b7f7199fc63d4d3d5f7846cd2e1024a038519b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GROUP=org.briarproject
 POM_ARTIFACT_ID=dont-kill-me-lib
-VERSION_NAME=0.2.7
+VERSION_NAME=0.2.8
 
 POM_NAME=Do not kill me library
 POM_DESCRIPTION=An Android library helping to keep a foreground service with wake-locks running. No other use-cases considered.