diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd77fd8d2..8f40ff6a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ To use tess-two from your app, edit your app module's `build.gradle` file to add
 tess-two as an external dependency:
 
 	dependencies {
-	    compile 'com.rmtheis:tess-two:7.0.0'
+	    compile 'com.rmtheis:tess-two:8.0.0'
 	}
 	
 [Javadoc][javadoc] is available.
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8914f198b..9665319fa 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildscript {
 allprojects {
 
     group = 'com.rmtheis'
-    version = '7.0.0'
+    version = '8.0.0'
 
     repositories {
         jcenter()