diff --git a/lib/libyaml-cpp.part b/lib/libyaml-cpp.part
index 2a3149a8..43a2ae14 100644
--- a/lib/libyaml-cpp.part
+++ b/lib/libyaml-cpp.part
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Import('*')
 PartName("yaml-cpp")
-PartVersion(GitVersionFromTag("0.6.3"))
+PartVersion(GitVersionFromTag("0.8.0"))
 
 env.AppendUnique(
     CPPPATH=["${CHECK_OUT_DIR}/include"],
diff --git a/lib/libyaml-cpp.pc.in b/lib/libyaml-cpp.pc.in
index 4660720e..a24ac6c8 100644
--- a/lib/libyaml-cpp.pc.in
+++ b/lib/libyaml-cpp.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
 
 Name: yaml-cpp
 Description: A YAML parser and emitter for C++
-Version: 0.6.3
+Version: 0.8.0
 Requires:
 Libs: ${libdir}/libyaml-cpp.a
 Cflags: -I${includedir}