diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 37eaeec8..9ef50566 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
 set(MEDIAWRITER_MAJOR_VERSION "5")
 set(MEDIAWRITER_MINOR_VERSION "0")
 # MICRO_VERSION >= 50 means a development version
-set(MEDIAWRITER_MICRO_VERSION "7")
+set(MEDIAWRITER_MICRO_VERSION "8")
 set(MEDIAWRITER_VERSION "${MEDIAWRITER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${MEDIAWRITER_MINOR_VERSION}.${MEDIAWRITER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "6.2.0")
diff --git a/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml b/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml
index 3ed1c0a5..ef59a95f 100644
--- a/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml
+++ b/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,6 @@
 	<update_contact>jgrulich@redhat.com</update_contact>
 	<content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
 	<releases>
-		<release version="5.0.7" date="2023-09-04"/>
+		<release version="5.0.8" date="2023-09-19"/>
 	</releases>
 </application>
diff --git a/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml.in b/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml.in
index 64fbf98f..d5aa9cf5 100644
--- a/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/src/app/data/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml.in
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 	<update_contact>jgrulich@redhat.com</update_contact>
 	<content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
 	<releases>
-		<release version="5.0.7" date="2023-09-04"/>
+		<release version="5.0.8" date="2023-09-19"/>
 	</releases>
 </application>