diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 29f109e..e328c41 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "puppet-kafka",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.0.1-rc0",
   "author": "Vox Pupuli",
   "summary": "Puppet module for Kafka",
   "license": "MIT",