diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f776bd3b2ca83b40b7d3f2e3f39b90fdfa7e4e61..77847d4c813a5342312d6bcf90af50cbb6ccf756 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+monkeysign (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * refactor unit test suite to allow testing the commandline tool
+    interactively
+  * don't fail on empty input when choosing uid (Closes: #716675)
+  * we also explain how to refuse signing a key better
+  * optimise network tests so they timeout (so fail) faster
+
+ -- Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org>  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:52:02 -0400
+
 monkeysign (0.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * fix binary package dependency on python
diff --git a/monkeysign/__init__.py b/monkeysign/__init__.py
index af96ce5048da368e95af0138c0ce7639d3f6b9bc..b0cd62705d9ee0b2b2100140199a7da58d9c9104 100644
--- a/monkeysign/__init__.py
+++ b/monkeysign/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version_info__ = ('0', '7')
+__version_info__ = ('0', '8')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __copyright__ = """Copyright (C) 2010-2013  Antoine Beaupré, Jerome Charaoui
 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.