diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dcb22832b..df1815950 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+kiwix-lib 8.0.0
+===============
+
+ * Add new methods to get all (and new) metadata from the zim file.
+ * Add methods to get the value of a specific tag.
+ * [API Change] Convert tags value to the new convention.
+ * [API Change] Rename `getMatatag` method to `getMetadata`
+ * [ABI Change] Correctly detect executable path in appimage.
+
 kiwix-lib 7.0.0
 ===============
 
diff --git a/android-kiwix-lib-publisher/kiwixLibAndroid/build.gradle b/android-kiwix-lib-publisher/kiwixLibAndroid/build.gradle
index cf01550b9..1342aff0d 100644
--- a/android-kiwix-lib-publisher/kiwixLibAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/android-kiwix-lib-publisher/kiwixLibAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ task writePom {
     project {
         groupId 'org.kiwix.kiwixlib'
         artifactId 'kiwixlib'
-        version '7.0.0' + (System.env.KIWIXLIB_BUILDVERSION == null ? '' : '-'+System.env.KIWIXLIB_BUILDVERSION)
+        version '8.0.0' + (System.env.KIWIXLIB_BUILDVERSION == null ? '' : '-'+System.env.KIWIXLIB_BUILDVERSION)
         packaging 'aar'
         name 'kiwixlib'
         url 'https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib'
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3696eddce..abd86718e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('kiwix-lib', 'cpp',
-  version : '7.0.0', # Also change this in android-kiwix-lib-publisher/kiwixLibAndroid/build.gradle
+  version : '8.0.0', # Also change this in android-kiwix-lib-publisher/kiwixLibAndroid/build.gradle
   license : 'GPL',
   default_options : ['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++11', 'werror=true'])