diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 70619a8..452891d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Changelog
 =========
-* Unreleased
+* 8.0.0
     * Add Django 4.2 support
     * Remove Python 3.7 support
     * Use path and path converters (changes all url names from prefix `avatar_` to `avatar:`.)
diff --git a/avatar/__init__.py b/avatar/__init__.py
index 2a10b3e..73d4c8b 100644
--- a/avatar/__init__.py
+++ b/avatar/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "7.1.1"
+__version__ = "8.0.0"