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 Package: polars
 Title: Lightning-Fast 'DataFrame' Library
-Version: 0.7.0.9000
+Version: 0.8.0.9000
 Depends: R (>= 4.1.0)
 Imports: utils, codetools
 Authors@R:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 # polars (development version)
 
-# polars 0.7.0.9000
+# polars 0.8.0
 
 ## CHANGES DUE TO RUST-POLARS 0.32.0