diff --git a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
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 # Changelog
+## [8.0.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/8.0.0) - Release Date: [2024-08-21]
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+### 🌀 Miscellaneous
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+- KPOps `8.0.0` - [#531](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/531)
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 ## [7.1.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/7.1.0) - Release Date: [2024-08-15]
 
 ### 🧪 Dependencies
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kpops"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "8.0.0"
 description = "KPOps is a tool to deploy Kafka pipelines to Kubernetes"
 authors = ["bakdata <opensource@bakdata.com>"]
 license = "MIT"