diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 67adcc5..19c11b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The format is based on `Keep a Changelog <https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/>`
 and this project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html>`_.
 
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-Unreleased
+`0.8.0`_ - 2023-11-13
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 Added
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@@ -172,3 +172,4 @@ Fixed
 .. _0.6.2: https://github.com/mkdryden/telegram-stats-bot/releases/tag/v0.6.2
 .. _0.6.3: https://github.com/mkdryden/telegram-stats-bot/releases/tag/v0.6.3
 .. _0.7.0: https://github.com/mkdryden/telegram-stats-bot/releases/tag/v0.7.0
+.. _0.8.0: https://github.com/mkdryden/telegram-stats-bot/releases/tag/v0.8.0
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fe75218..11d11a6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ telegram-stats-bot
 Telegram-stats-bot is a simple bot that lives in your Telegram group, logging messages to a Postgresql database and
 serving statistical tables and plots to users as Telegram messages.
 
+*Note: Version 0.8.0 adds a number of behind the scenes improvements and dependency bumps in preparation for a version
+1.0 release. Stay tuned for a new interface using the inline keyboard bot functionality!*
+
 .. image:: examples/chat_example.png
     :alt: Bot conversation example
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50e7b39..0e344b5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "telegram-stats-bot"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "A logging and statistics bot for Telegram based on python-telegram-bot."
 authors = ["Michael DM Dryden <mk.dryden@utoronto.ca>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/mkdryden/telegram-stats-bot"