diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index b678a815..b76ff4f5 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "manifest_version": 2,
     "minimum_chrome_version": "49",
-    "version": "10.7.0",
+    "version": "10.8.0",
     "author": "Betaflight Squad",
     "name": "Betaflight - Configurator",
     "short_name": "Betaflight",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbe7af8e..d666b05f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "betaflight-configurator",
   "description": "Crossplatform configuration tool for Betaflight flight control system.",
-  "version": "10.7.0",
+  "version": "10.8.0",
   "main": "main.html",
   "chromium-args" : "--disable-features=nw2",
   "default_locale": "en",
diff --git a/src/js/data_storage.js b/src/js/data_storage.js
index 3ba4eca7..8dbaffa0 100644
--- a/src/js/data_storage.js
+++ b/src/js/data_storage.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const API_VERSION_1_43 = '1.43.0';
+const API_VERSION_1_44 = '1.44.0';
 
 var CONFIGURATOR = {
     // all versions are specified and compared using semantic versioning http://semver.org/
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ var CONFIGURATOR = {
     API_VERSION_MIN_SUPPORTED_BACKUP_RESTORE: '1.5.0',
     API_VERSION_MIN_SUPPORTED_PID_CONTROLLER_CHANGE: '1.5.0',
     BACKUP_FILE_VERSION_MIN_SUPPORTED: '0.55.0', // chrome.runtime.getManifest().version is stored as string, so does this one
-    API_VERSION_MAX_SUPPORTED: API_VERSION_1_43,
+    API_VERSION_MAX_SUPPORTED: API_VERSION_1_44,
 
     connectionValid: false,
     connectionValidCliOnly: false,