diff --git a/.VERSION_PREFIX b/.VERSION_PREFIX
index 0e2c939..ce609ca 100644
--- a/.VERSION_PREFIX
+++ b/.VERSION_PREFIX
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7
\ No newline at end of file
+0.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0c1ff0..69d8bee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Unreleased
+# 0.8.39 (2024-05-24 / e967e9c)
 
 ## Added
 
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ approaching the envisioned scope for this library.
 
 - subcommand handling 
 - rudimentary flag handling
-- help text generation
+- help text generation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9860c0f..da2a36f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ Command line parser with good subcommand and help handling
 To use the latest release, add the following to your `deps.edn` ([Clojure CLI](https://clojure.org/guides/deps_and_cli))
 
 ```
-com.lambdaisland/cli {:mvn/version "0.7.33"}
+com.lambdaisland/cli {:mvn/version "0.8.39"}
 ```
 
 or add the following to your `project.clj` ([Leiningen](https://leiningen.org/))
 
 ```
-[com.lambdaisland/cli "0.7.33"]
+[com.lambdaisland/cli "0.8.39"]
 ```
 <!-- /installation -->