diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Change log
 Change log for [siemstress](https://github.com/dogoncouch/siemstress)
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.8-alpha] - 2018-01-10
 ### Changed
 - `siemparse` sleeps 0.1 on no line (much less idle CPU usage)
 - Update column/table names (broke backwards compatibility)
diff --git a/siemstress/__init__.py b/siemstress/__init__.py
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--- a/siemstress/__init__.py
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.7.1-alpha'
+__version__ = '0.8-alpha'
 __author__ = 'Dan Persons <dpersonsdev@gmail.com>'
 __license__ = 'MIT License'
 __github__ = 'https://github.com/dogoncouch/siemstress'