diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/MUXControls-Nuget-FrameworkPackage.props b/build/NuSpecs/MUXControls-Nuget-FrameworkPackage.props
index 8dddaf0c21..e8765ae0ad 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/MUXControls-Nuget-FrameworkPackage.props
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/MUXControls-Nuget-FrameworkPackage.props
@@ -3,34 +3,34 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\MicrosoftUIXamlVersion.props"/>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\Common.targets"/>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\x86\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx">
+    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\x86\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx">
       <Architecture>x86</Architecture>
       <Version>$(MicrosoftUIXamlAppxVersion)</Version>
       <Publisher>'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'</Publisher>
     </AppxPackageRegistration>
     <!-- Some C++/CX projects use Platform=Win32 instead of Platform=x86 -->
-    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\x86\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx">
+    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\x86\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx">
       <Architecture>Win32</Architecture>
       <Version>$(MicrosoftUIXamlAppxVersion)</Version>
       <Publisher>'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'</Publisher>
     </AppxPackageRegistration>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\x64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx">
+    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\x64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx">
       <Architecture>x64</Architecture>
       <Version>$(MicrosoftUIXamlAppxVersion)</Version>
       <Publisher>'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'</Publisher>
     </AppxPackageRegistration>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\arm\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx">
+    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\arm\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx">
       <Architecture>arm</Architecture>
       <Version>$(MicrosoftUIXamlAppxVersion)</Version>
       <Publisher>'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'</Publisher>
     </AppxPackageRegistration>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\arm64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx">
+    <AppxPackageRegistration Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\AppX\arm64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx">
       <Architecture>arm64</Architecture>
       <Version>$(MicrosoftUIXamlAppxVersion)</Version>
       <Publisher>'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'</Publisher>
diff --git a/dev/inc/BuildMacros.h b/dev/inc/BuildMacros.h
index 29ea5f2939..8510d2dc20 100644
--- a/dev/inc/BuildMacros.h
+++ b/dev/inc/BuildMacros.h
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 #ifdef _DEBUG
 // NOTE: This could be "Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Debug" if we wanted to have Debug framework packages be distinct and
 // installed side-by-side on a machine.
-#define MUXCONTROLS_PACKAGE_NAME L"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7"
+#define MUXCONTROLS_PACKAGE_NAME L"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8"
 #else
-#define MUXCONTROLS_PACKAGE_NAME L"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7"
+#define MUXCONTROLS_PACKAGE_NAME L"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8"
 #endif
 
 #define MUXCONTROLS_CBS_PACKAGE_NAME L"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.CBS"
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index a63a15f702..18dae2dfb9 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MUXVersionMajor>2</MUXVersionMajor>
-    <MUXVersionMinor>7</MUXVersionMinor>
+    <MUXVersionMinor>8</MUXVersionMinor>
     <MUXVersionPatch>0</MUXVersionPatch>
     <MUXVersionBuild Condition="$(MUXVersionBuild) == ''">0</MUXVersionBuild>
     <MUXVersionRevision Condition="$(MUXVersionRevision) == ''">0</MUXVersionRevision>