diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8d084287af..84562112c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ checksum = "8f518f335dce6725a761382244631d86cf0ccb2863413590b31338feb467f9c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bao-tree",
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-bytes"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bao-tree",
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-gossip"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-metrics"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "erased_set",
  "hyper",
@@ -2256,7 +2256,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-net"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
  "anyhow",
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-net-bench"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-sync"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-test"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/iroh-bytes/Cargo.toml b/iroh-bytes/Cargo.toml
index 1af41c01c3..e2ce298ff0 100644
--- a/iroh-bytes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-bytes/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-bytes"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "blob and collection transfer support for iroh"
diff --git a/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml b/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml
index 39b30cea71..9128c04c72 100644
--- a/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-gossip"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "gossip messages over broadcast trees"
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["std_rng"] }
 rand_core = "0.6.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["derive"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
-iroh-metrics = { path = "../iroh-metrics", version = "0.7.0" }
+iroh-metrics = { path = "../iroh-metrics", version = "0.8.0" }
 
 # net dependencies (optional)
 futures = { version = "0.3.25", optional = true }
-iroh-net = { path = "../iroh-net", version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
+iroh-net = { path = "../iroh-net", version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 quinn = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["io-util", "sync", "rt", "macros", "net", "fs"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.8", optional = true, features = ["codec"] }
diff --git a/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml b/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml
index e793a0fb1c..99ac7e0017 100644
--- a/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-metrics"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "metrics for iroh"
diff --git a/iroh-net/Cargo.toml b/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
index e185bd7414..a10de4e189 100644
--- a/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-net"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "networking support for iroh"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ toml = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"], optional = true }
 
 # metrics
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 netlink-packet-core = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml b/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml
index 0dedd9b668..8252c50545 100644
--- a/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-net-bench"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 publish = false
diff --git a/iroh-sync/Cargo.toml b/iroh-sync/Cargo.toml
index f3b1949c58..c39bb4ddbd 100644
--- a/iroh-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-sync"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Iroh sync"
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ data-encoding = "2.4.0"
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0-beta.1", features = ["debug", "deref", "display", "from", "try_into", "into", "as_ref"] }
 ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["serde", "rand_core"] }
 flume = "0.11"
-iroh-bytes = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-bytes" }
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", optional = true }
+iroh-bytes = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-bytes" }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", optional = true }
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 postcard = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "use-std", "experimental-derive"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ redb = { version = "1.0.5", optional = true }
 ouroboros = { version = "0.18", optional = true }
 
 # net
-iroh-net = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true, path = "../iroh-net" }
+iroh-net = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true, path = "../iroh-net" }
 tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["io-util", "sync"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", optional = true, features = ["codec", "io-util", "io"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", optional = true, features = ["sync"]}
diff --git a/iroh-test/Cargo.toml b/iroh-test/Cargo.toml
index afa7ef6c97..35dd2b1a18 100644
--- a/iroh-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-test"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Internal utilities to support testing of iroh."
diff --git a/iroh/Cargo.toml b/iroh/Cargo.toml
index 9db0094cbf..5704cd9c61 100644
--- a/iroh/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Bytes. Distributed."
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ flume = "0.11"
 futures = "0.3.25"
 genawaiter = { version = "0.99", default-features = false, features = ["futures03"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3" }
-iroh-bytes = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-bytes" }
+iroh-bytes = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-bytes" }
 iroh-io = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["stats"] }
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", optional = true }
-iroh-net = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-net" }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", optional = true }
+iroh-net = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-net" }
 num_cpus = { version = "1.15.0" }
 portable-atomic = "1"
-iroh-sync = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-sync" }
-iroh-gossip = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../iroh-gossip" }
+iroh-sync = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-sync" }
+iroh-gossip = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../iroh-gossip" }
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 postcard = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "use-std", "experimental-derive"] }