diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42d925a..a6989b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2023-10-13
+
 Changed:
 
   * Update [ocr-fileformat](https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/ocr-fileformat/commits/master):
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ Fixed:
   * ocrd-tool: add `steps` and `categories`
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[0.8.0]: ../../compare/v0.8.0...v0.7.0
 [0.7.0]: ../../compare/v0.7.0...v0.6.2
 [0.6.2]: ../../compare/v0.6.2...v0.6.1
 [0.6.1]: ../../compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.0
diff --git a/ocrd-tool.json b/ocrd-tool.json
index 41381c2..ca7fb41 100644
--- a/ocrd-tool.json
+++ b/ocrd-tool.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "git_url": "https://github.com/OCR-D/ocrd_fileformat",
   "tools": {
     "ocrd-fileformat-transform": {