diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 83f3a0b8fe6ff860e494351c6e903c6331668118..bd468e5ad1704db033f8e81bac5277194adc2158 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Stefan
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8125
 title: CaosDB - Advanced User Tools
-version: 0.7.0
+version: 0.8.0
 doi: 10.3390/data4020083
-date-released: 2023-01-20
\ No newline at end of file
+date-released: 2023-05-30
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f4d8943fa16b842dfe3d25f3d83bc76b64e42b8..3487be6a3e4eaa3fc3f96e3654985c6e53f81747 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 ########################################################################
 
 MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 7
-MICRO = 1
+MINOR = 8
+MICRO = 0
 PRE = ""  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
-ISRELEASED = False
+ISRELEASED = True
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index a33bf002ee6ab5bed79e2e35f77ac2fe4cfe3d35..9db07d72a4178e2d09761aef752ebe13b20a8856 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ copyright = '2021, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.7.1'
+version = '0.8.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.7.1-dev'
+release = '0.8.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------