diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c83da03..0eedf54 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION						=	0.7.2
+VERSION						=	0.8.0
 
 PREFIX						?=	/usr/local
 DEST_BIN_DIR				=	$(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66cbcd9..46c5f33 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Example Installation on Linux
     git clone https://github.com/mrkmg/git-stream.git /tmp/git-stream
     cd /tmp/git-stream
     git submodule update --init --recursive
-    #checkout latest release
+    #checkout latest release (v0.8.0)
     git checkout $(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
     make test
     sudo make install