diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index abbd6b21e19c5a989c6d6d24f32d3946df070308..e219f1cb1868394a2997bf6ea93fc921d86163c4 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Alexander
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4124-9649
 title: CaosDB - Crawler
-version: 0.7.1
+version: 0.8.0
 doi: 10.3390/data9020024
-date-released: 2023-03-21
\ No newline at end of file
+date-released: 2024-08-23
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 848150363c42776993029c54e777f4ff6ccf72ea..1e321bba1233f3672c1848248145839bc8d4f79b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = caoscrawler
-version = 0.7.2
+version = 0.8.0
 author = Alexander Schlemmer
 author_email = alexander.schlemmer@ds.mpg.de
 description = A new crawler for caosdb
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index 3248726ed63dd80fdee7c06da3c27caace93f22c..586f622150300f16e7ed669a19a09e43dbd46061 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ copyright = '2024, IndiScale'
 author = 'Alexander Schlemmer'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.7.2'
+version = '0.8.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 # release = '0.5.2-rc2'
-release = '0.7.2-dev'
+release = '0.8.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------