diff --git a/mlxtend/__init__.py b/mlxtend/__init__.py
index 738581dee..1071de0c0 100644
--- a/mlxtend/__init__.py
+++ b/mlxtend/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 #
 # License: BSD 3 clause
 
-__version__ = '0.7.1dev'
+__version__ = '0.8.0'