diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index c8c557b..09a603f 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+
+0.8.0 / 2016-09-23
+==================
+
+* bump `engine.io-client`
+* README: fix typos [kylestev, lu-zero]
+* test: use TLSv1
+
 0.7.0 / 2016-02-01
 ==================
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2feb8c4..f1386ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`.
   <dependency>
     <groupId>io.socket</groupId>
     <artifactId>socket.io-client</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
   </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ```
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`.
 Add it as a gradle dependency for Android Studio, in `build.gradle`:
 
 ```groovy
-compile ('io.socket:socket.io-client:0.7.0') {
+compile ('io.socket:socket.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 f55b91c..c6441c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>io.socket</groupId>
   <artifactId>socket.io-client</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>socket.io-client</name>
   <description>Socket.IO Client Library for Java</description>
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
   <scm>
     <url>https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java</url>
-    <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:socketio/socket.io-client-java.git</developerConnection>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java.git</developerConnection>
     <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.socket</groupId>
       <artifactId>engine.io-client</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.0</version>
+      <version>0.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>