diff --git a/telemetry/version.go b/telemetry/version.go
index d2d4dd9..88a5237 100644
--- a/telemetry/version.go
+++ b/telemetry/version.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ package telemetry
 
 const (
 	major = "0"
-	minor = "7"
-	patch = "1"
+	minor = "8"
+	patch = "0"
 
 	// version is the full string version of this SDK.
 	version = major + "." + minor + "." + patch