diff --git a/gcc/BASE-VER b/gcc/BASE-VER
index f6cdf40983f..88f181192c4 100644
--- a/gcc/BASE-VER
+++ b/gcc/BASE-VER
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.7.0
+4.8.0
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9cbc9ccf041..8aa15e995eb 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-03-02  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	* BASE-VER: Set to 4.8.0.
+
 2012-03-01  Richard Earnshaw  <rearnsha@arm.com>
 
 	* config.gcc (obsolete): Add all ARM targets using the FPA.