diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae9a76b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8.0.0
diff --git a/requirements-3.7.txt b/requirements-3.7.txt
index 316887abc..9331820d9 100755
--- a/requirements-3.7.txt
+++ b/requirements-3.7.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pluggy==0.13.1
 psycopg2==2.9.1
 py==1.10.0
 pycparser==2.20
+pylibmc==1.6.1
 pyOpenSSL==20.0.1
 pyparsing==2.4.7
 PyRSS2Gen==1.1
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ pytest==6.2.4
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-dotenv==0.18.0
 python-editor==1.0.4
-python-memcached==1.59
 pytz==2021.1
 reportlab==3.5.68
 requests==2.26.0