diff --git a/cpp/ycm/versioning.cpp b/cpp/ycm/versioning.cpp
index 0007ff2e..d3bbfa46 100644
--- a/cpp/ycm/versioning.cpp
+++ b/cpp/ycm/versioning.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace YouCompleteMe {
 int YcmCoreVersion() {
   // We increment this every time when we want to force users to recompile
   // ycm_core.
-  return 7;
+  return 8;
 }
 
 }  // namespace YouCompleteMe
diff --git a/python/ycm/base.py b/python/ycm/base.py
index 2e172d98..0c7702b7 100644
--- a/python/ycm/base.py
+++ b/python/ycm/base.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def OverlapLength( left_string, right_string ):
       length += 1
 
 
-COMPATIBLE_WITH_CORE_VERSION = 7
+COMPATIBLE_WITH_CORE_VERSION = 8
 
 def CompatibleWithYcmCore():
   try: