diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 408bd7b..000549e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.0 - 2017-03-28
+
+ * #167/#168 - make forwards compatible nsqlookupd queries for NSQ v1.0.0-compat
+ * #169 - send forwards compatible IDENTIFY attributes for NSQ v1.0.0-compat
+ * #170 - enable TCP_NODELAY on connections
+
 ## 0.7.1 - 2016-12-21
 
  * #161 - fix Python 3.4 protocol error (thanks @xiaost)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index bc3de8b..8e5c44b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.7'
+version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.7.1'
+release = '0.8.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/nsq/version.py b/nsq/version.py
index 59eb498..9a81b62 100644
--- a/nsq/version.py
+++ b/nsq/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # also update in setup.py
-__version__ = '0.8-alpha'
+__version__ = '0.8.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5042e94..5e6161c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 
 # also update in nsq/version.py
-version = '0.8-alpha'
+version = '0.8.0'
 
 
 setup(