diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 86d9b83a..2f1e1a7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Changelog
 
 This document records the main changes to the ``sdssdb`` code.
 
+* :release:`0.8.0 <2023-10-23>`
+* Release notes TBD.
+
 * :release:`0.7.0 <2023-09-28>`
 * Added complete SQLAlchemy models for ``sdss5db``.
 * Added files to create ``catalogdb.lvm_magnitude``.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3cf288cc..8b8156ed 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = sdssdb
-version = 0.7.1a0
+version = 0.8.0
 author = José Sánchez-Gallego
 author_email = gallegoj@uw.edu
 description = SDSS product for database management