diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 022dd55a..a48b39dd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.7.0
+SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.8.0-canary.0
 WEBRTC_BUILD_VERSION=m128.6613.2.0
 BOOST_VERSION=1.85.0
 CMAKE_VERSION=3.29.6
diff --git a/examples/VERSION b/examples/VERSION
index 0be18c0e..61241d22 100644
--- a/examples/VERSION
+++ b/examples/VERSION
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.7.0
+SORA_CPP_SDK_VERSION=2024.8.0-canary.0
 WEBRTC_BUILD_VERSION=m128.6613.2.0
 BOOST_VERSION=1.85.0
 CMAKE_VERSION=3.29.6