diff --git a/bittensor_cli/__init__.py b/bittensor_cli/__init__.py
index ec689dab..746e05b1 100644
--- a/bittensor_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 from .cli import CLIManager
 
 
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__version__ = "8.0.0"
 
 __all__ = ["CLIManager", "__version__"]