diff --git a/assets/install.sh b/assets/install.sh
index a1474de..93f958d 100644
--- a/assets/install.sh
+++ b/assets/install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 set -exo pipefail
 curl -fsSL https://deno.land/x/install/install.sh | sh
-export __RAD_VERSION__=7.0.0
+export __RAD_VERSION__=8.0.0
 deno install --global --unstable -f -A -n rad https://deno.land/x/rad@v$__RAD_VERSION__/src/bin.ts
diff --git a/assets/site/0005-manual.md b/assets/site/0005-manual.md
index e8a25f6..90b469a 100644
--- a/assets/site/0005-manual.md
+++ b/assets/site/0005-manual.md
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Well that's not _super_ helpful! Let us study each these keys, one-by-one:
 | `fs`               | a few sugar methods, `{ readFile, writeFile, mkdirp }` that work on strings, vs buffers, and assume utf8 for shorthand                                                                                 |
 | `sh`               | execute a shell command. see the command task section above!                                                                                                                                           |
 | `dependentResults` | results of `dependsOn` tasks. currently these are untyped. getting type inference here is tricky. PRs welcome!                                                                                         |
-| `logger`           | the `rad` logger! a standard `Deno` logger with the commonplace log-level methods (e.g. `.info(...)`, `.debug(...)`, etc). see [the source](https://github.com/cdaringe/rad/blob/v7.0.0/src/logger.ts) |
+| `logger`           | the `rad` logger! a standard `Deno` logger with the commonplace log-level methods (e.g. `.info(...)`, `.debug(...)`, etc). see [the source](https://github.com/cdaringe/rad/blob/v8.0.0/src/logger.ts) |
 | `path`             | a direct reference to [deno node path](https://deno.land/std/node/path.ts). this API is likely to change if Deno implements a full, proper path module                                                 |
 | `task`             | a reference to the internal `RadTask`                                                                                                                                                                  |
 | `iter`             | `AsyncIterable` utility functions                                                                                                                                                                      |
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ v8.
 ```bash
 #!/bin/sh
 # generated by deno install
-exec deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net --allow-env --allow-run --allow-hrtime 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v7.0.0/src/bin.ts' "$@"
+exec deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net --allow-env --allow-run --allow-hrtime 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v8.0.0/src/bin.ts' "$@"
 ```
 
 - extract the `deno run ...` command, drop the leading `exec` and trailing `$@`,
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Example:
 ```bash
 deno  \
   run --inspect-brk -A --allow-run --allow-hrtime \
-  'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v7.0.0/src/bin.ts' \
+  'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v8.0.0/src/bin.ts' \
   test
 # ^ add any args of interest
 ```
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index dd25966..8c57801 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Rad always consumes a `rad.ts` file, such as the one shown here:
 
 ```ts
 // rad.ts
-import { Task, Tasks } from "https://deno.land/x/rad@v7.0.0/src/mod.ts";
+import { Task, Tasks } from "https://deno.land/x/rad@v8.0.0/src/mod.ts";
 
 // command/shell tasks
 // [name: string, cmd: string]
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ the [releases page](https://github.com/cdaringe/rad/releases).
 
 | usage   | install-method | install-steps                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | ------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| cli     | `deno`         | `deno install --global -f -A -n rad https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v7.0.0/src/bin.ts`                                                                                                                               |
+| cli     | `deno`         | `deno install --global -f -A -n rad https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v8.0.0/src/bin.ts`                                                                                                                               |
 | cli     | `docker`       | `docker pull cdaringe/rad` <sup>1</sup>                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| cli     | `curl`         | <code>curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v7.0.0/assets/install.sh \| sh</code> (versioned)<br /><code>curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/main/assets/install.sh \| sh</code> (latest) |
-| library | `deno`         | `import * as rad from https://github.com/cdaringe/rad/blob/main/v7.0.0/mod.ts`                                                                                                                                                      |
+| cli     | `curl`         | <code>curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/v8.0.0/assets/install.sh \| sh</code> (versioned)<br /><code>curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdaringe/rad/main/assets/install.sh \| sh</code> (latest) |
+| library | `deno`         | `import * as rad from https://github.com/cdaringe/rad/blob/main/v8.0.0/mod.ts`                                                                                                                                                      |
 
 <sup>1</sup>For docker users, consider making a nice shell alias
 
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 0ccea65..4bfc5c4 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 // this file is auto-updated by the release process. see `rad patchInstallVersion`
 // script, executed in CI by semantic release
 
-export const version = "7.0.0";
+export const version = "8.0.0";