diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d98f17281..929009e4b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.12 OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.12)
 endif()
 
 # Fortran is optional, so don't include it in LANGUAGES here
-project(Charm++ LANGUAGES CXX C ASM VERSION 7.1.0)
+project(Charm++ LANGUAGES CXX C ASM VERSION 8.0.0)
 
 find_package(Threads)
 find_package(OpenMP) # Do this before Fortran, in case we don't have a Fortran compiler
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57951a5480..6b7047ba3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -387,4 +387,4 @@ Mikida, Sam White, Kavitha Chandrasekar, Jaemin Choi, Matthias Diener,
 Evan Ramos, Zane Fink, Pathikrit Ghosh, Maya Taylor, Aditya Bhosale,
 Mathew Jacob, Tom Vander Aa, and Thomas Quinn.
 
-Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Regents of the University of Illinois
+Copyright (C) 1989-2024 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
diff --git a/src/scripts/configure.ac b/src/scripts/configure.ac
index c6ff3dfe31..c5c9974b2a 100644
--- a/src/scripts/configure.ac
+++ b/src/scripts/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Increment the second and third digits when making a minor feature release
 # Increment the first digit when making a major feature release
 
-AC_INIT([Charm++],[70000],[charm@cs.illinois.edu],[charm],[https://charm.cs.illinois.edu/])
+AC_INIT([Charm++],[80000],[charm@cs.illinois.edu],[charm],[https://charm.cs.illinois.edu/])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(./Makefile)