diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ecc76557..5c339de5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "discv5"
 authors = ["Sigma Prime <contact@sigmaprime.io>"]
 edition = "2018"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Implementation of the p2p discv5 discovery protocol"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/sigp/discv5"