diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5dc2d9b..e34eb88 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "async-ssh2-tokio"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2268fd4..9209cc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ for rust with the tokio runtime. Powered by the rust ssh implementation
 ```rust
 [dependencies]
 tokio = "1"
-async-ssh2-tokio = "0.7.1"
+async-ssh2-tokio = "0.8.0"
 ```
 
 ## Usage