diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65572d370..839b661c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [ 0.8.0 ] - [ 2019-10-31 ]
+### Added
+- support for CC backend
+
+### Changed
+- 
+
+### Removed
+- 
+
+### Fixed
+- fixed issue with duplicate kernel names
+- updated json library to fix osx builds
+
+
 ## [ 0.7.1 ] - [ 2019-09-02 ]
 ### Added
 -
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 5c5581530..002de2a2e 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: openql
-  version: "0.7.1"
+  version: "0.8.0"
 
 source:
   # use the following path for the source if this recipe is inside the repo
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index f13404577..51a7d491c 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #define OPENQL_MAJOR_VERSION 0
 
-#define OPENQL_MINOR_VERSION 7
+#define OPENQL_MINOR_VERSION 8
 
-#define OPENQL_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define OPENQL_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 // Make it easier to check for QISA version dependencies.
 // This assumes the PATCH and MINOR version will not exceed 99