diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 6771e2ba23..d343743e72 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ## Latest Changes
 
 
+
+## 0.8.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add support for custom types and parsers. Initial PR [#583](https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/pull/583) by [@jpurviance](https://github.com/jpurviance). Based on original PR [#443](https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/pull/443) by [@paulo-raca](https://github.com/paulo-raca).
diff --git a/typer/__init__.py b/typer/__init__.py
index 26baa7acad..1f95b17210 100644
--- a/typer/__init__.py
+++ b/typer/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints."""
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
 
 from shutil import get_terminal_size as get_terminal_size