diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1511c9ec..3f30b7bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2021-07-08
+
 ### Added
 
 - Printing the deposit address to the terminal as a QR code.
@@ -173,7 +175,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed an issue where Alice would not verify if Bob's Bitcoin lock transaction is semantically correct, i.e. pays the agreed upon amount to an output owned by both of them.
   Fixing this required a **breaking change** on the network layer and hence old versions are not compatible with this version.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.7.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.8.0...HEAD
+[0.8.0]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.7.0...0.8.0
 [0.7.0]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.6.0...0.7.0
 [0.6.0]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.5.0...0.6.0
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/compare/0.4.0...0.5.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b6db8576..f6417b9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4038,7 +4038,7 @@ checksum = "8049cf85f0e715d6af38dde439cb0ccb91f67fb9f5f63c80f8b43e48356e1a3f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "swap"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compression",
diff --git a/swap/Cargo.toml b/swap/Cargo.toml
index 9e2c84ce..1374096e 100644
--- a/swap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swap/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "swap"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 authors = [ "The COMIT guys <hello@comit.network>" ]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "XMR/BTC trustless atomic swaps."