diff --git a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
index a5f830a2..777f190d 100644
--- a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
+++ b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.1"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"