diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1511c9ec..6ea12a50 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] - 2021-07-09
+
 ### 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 99891f52..2f5596ca 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."