diff --git a/Changes.rst b/Changes.rst
index d499f12a..bdfa70bb 100644
--- a/Changes.rst
+++ b/Changes.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Changes for v8.0.0 (2021-03-30)
+===============================
+
+Deprecate repository databiosphere/azul#2897 (#526) Remove dss-prod from
+testing (#522) Update hca/dss/util/**init**.py remove EACCES, improve
+explanatory comments remove link to documentation fall back to copying
+when os.link raises error Close file handlers after use Add specific
+version of gitdb2 dependency (#514)
+
 Changes for v7.0.1 (2020-02-11)
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6c4b0eb6..d12920a1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="hca",
-    version='7.0.1',
+    version='8.0.0',
     url='https://github.com/HumanCellAtlas/dcp-cli',
     license='Apache Software License',
     author='Human Cell Atlas contributors',