diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 856bd8e..514de36 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ checksum = "38bf9645c8b145698bb0b18a4637dcacbc421ea49bef2317e4fd8065a387cf21"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nostr-rs-relay"
-version = "0.7.17"
+version = "0.8.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c267fe7..1a249e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nostr-rs-relay"
-version = "0.7.17"
+version = "0.8.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Greg Heartsfield <scsibug@imap.cc>"]
 description = "A relay implementation for the Nostr protocol"