diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 0a10b1d..0e50915 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.3
+current_version = 0.8.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/higlass_manage/__init__.py b/higlass_manage/__init__.py
index 4910b9e..777f190 100644
--- a/higlass_manage/__init__.py
+++ b/higlass_manage/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.3"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 89cf795..f8f96c8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     author_email="pkerpedjiev@gmail.com",
     url="https://github.com/pkerpedjiev/higlass-manage",
     description="Wrappers for running the HiGlass Docker container",
-    version="0.7.3",
+    version="0.8.0",
     py_modules=["higlass_manage"],
     packages=["higlass_manage"],
     package_data={"": ["redis/*"]},