diff --git a/pyclesperanto_prototype/__init__.py b/pyclesperanto_prototype/__init__.py
index 72e89e5b..4e77fc48 100644
--- a/pyclesperanto_prototype/__init__.py
+++ b/pyclesperanto_prototype/__init__.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 from ._tier8 import *
 from ._tier9 import *
 
-__version__ = "0.7.6"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 06438c23..8e663270 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="pyclesperanto_prototype",
-    version="0.7.6",
+    version="0.8.0",
     author="haesleinhuepf",
     author_email="robert.haase@tu-dresden.de",
     description="OpenCL-based GPU-accelerated image processing",