diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ecea3ed4..83ec82aeb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+### Fixed
+
+## [8.0.0] - 2021-07-25
+
 ### Added
 
  - #1525, Allow http status override through response.status guc - @steve-chavez
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 01bbb3333..24dc34499 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     },
     "POSTGREST_VER": {
       "description": "Version of PostgREST to deploy",
-      "value": "7.0.1"
+      "value": "8.0.0"
     },
     "DB_URI": {
       "description": "Database connection string, e.g. postgres://user:pass@xxxxxxx.rds.amazonaws.com/mydb",
diff --git a/postgrest.cabal b/postgrest.cabal
index c6214eed6..2cbddbb56 100644
--- a/postgrest.cabal
+++ b/postgrest.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               postgrest
-version:            7.0.1
+version:            8.0.0
 synopsis:           REST API for any Postgres database
 description:        Reads the schema of a PostgreSQL database and creates RESTful routes
                     for the tables and views, supporting all HTTP verbs that security