diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 276eaace8a..8bb9fd76a0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Marijn Haverbeke
 Martin Carlberg
 Mathias Bynens
 Mathieu 'p01' Henri
+Max Schaefer
 Mihai Bazon
 Oskar Schöldström
 Paul Harper
diff --git a/acorn.js b/acorn.js
index 05124c7edb..da2b19c778 100644
--- a/acorn.js
+++ b/acorn.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 })(this, function(exports) {
   "use strict";
 
-  exports.version = "0.7.1";
+  exports.version = "0.8.0";
 
   // The main exported interface (under `self.acorn` when in the
   // browser) is a `parse` function that takes a code string and
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 808e0a8ca7..269ca95464 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "description": "ECMAScript parser",
     "homepage": "http://marijnhaverbeke.nl/acorn/",
     "main": "acorn.js",
-    "version": "0.7.1",
+    "version": "0.8.0",
     "engines": {"node": ">=0.4.0"},
     "maintainers": [{"name": "Marijn Haverbeke",
                      "email": "marijnh@gmail.com",