diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 10d57d8..73176e3 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+
+0.8.0 / 2016-09-19
+==================
+
+* update okhttp-ws [VicV]
+* proxy support [Eugene-Kudelevsky]
+* several code improvements [georgekankava]
+* EventThread: log exceptions [Dominik Auf der Maur]
+* EventThread: extend deamon property from parent thread [vach]
+* Yeast: fix infinite loop bug [erikogenvik]
+* WebSocket: close the web socket after sending a close frame [dave-r12]
+* WebSocket: fix "must call close()" crash [chendrak]
+* Polling: disconnect after closing stream/reader [wzurita]
+* UTF8Exception: remove the data property
+* test: use TLSv1
+
 0.7.0 / 2016-02-01
 ==================
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09afd3e..e23f880 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`.
   <dependency>
     <groupId>io.socket</groupId>
     <artifactId>engine.io-client</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
   </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ```
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`.
 Add it as a gradle dependency for Android Studio, in `build.gradle`:
 
 ```groovy
-compile ('io.socket:engine.io-client:0.7.0') {
+compile ('io.socket:engine.io-client:0.8.0') {
   // excluding org.json which is provided by Android
   exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0278b93..8f682f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>io.socket</groupId>
   <artifactId>engine.io-client</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>engine.io-client</name>
   <description>Engine.IO Client Library for Java</description>