diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d4fc77d7..044a83e7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 set (SOURCE_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 
 set (BSON_MAJOR_VERSION 0)
-set (BSON_MINOR_VERSION 6)
-set (BSON_MICRO_VERSION 9)
+set (BSON_MINOR_VERSION 8)
+set (BSON_MICRO_VERSION 0)
 set (BSON_API_VERSION 1.0)
-set (BSON_VERSION 0.6.9)
+set (BSON_VERSION 0.8.0)
 
 set (CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING")
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${BSON_MAJOR_VERSION})
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1b46d9b9..adfd2495 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+Libbson 0.8.0
+=============
+
+It's that time again, time for another Libbson release!
+
+This cycle includes much, much more documentation for your perusing. There is
+much more cross-referencing and structure for your navigation pleasure.
+
+We've improved support for Libbson on a few more exotic platforms. SPARC
+support is looking pretty good these days.
+
+You'll also find some new examples in this release to help you get started a
+bit faster. If there is something you'd like to see, just ask!
+
+There are a few ABI breaks this cycle, as we are well on the road to a 1.0 and
+would like things as clean as possible. I anticipate a few more during the next
+couple of cycles, but we will try to keep them to a minimum.  With that said,
+you *WILL* need to recompile your application against 0.8.0.
+
+Happy Hacking!
+
+
 Libbson 0.6.8
 =============
 
diff --git a/build/autotools/Versions.m4 b/build/autotools/Versions.m4
index b8fa4bc3..7187fd78 100644
--- a/build/autotools/Versions.m4
+++ b/build/autotools/Versions.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([bson_major_version], [0])
-m4_define([bson_minor_version], [6])
-m4_define([bson_micro_version], [9])
+m4_define([bson_minor_version], [8])
+m4_define([bson_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([bson_version], [bson_major_version.bson_minor_version.bson_micro_version])
 
 # bump up by 1 for every micro release with no API changes, otherwise
diff --git a/build/rpm/libbson.spec b/build/rpm/libbson.spec
index 1729888c..01dae45f 100644
--- a/build/rpm/libbson.spec
+++ b/build/rpm/libbson.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Name:           libbson
-Version:        0.6.9
+Version:        0.8.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        BSON library
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/mongodb/libbson
-Source0:        https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/0.6.9/libbson-0.6.9.tar.gz
+Source0:        https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/0.8.0/libbson-0.8.0.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  automake
 
 %description
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 %{_prefix}/share/man/man7/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 29 2014 Christian Hergert <christian.hergert@mongodb.com> - 0.8.0-1
+- Release 0.8.0
+
 * Tue May 06 2014 Christian Hergert <christian.hergert@mongodb.com> - 0.6.9-1
 - Update to 0.6.9 from git.
 - Enable debug symbols
diff --git a/doc/installing.page b/doc/installing.page
index a5e67f9f..fbab6fcd 100644
--- a/doc/installing.page
+++ b/doc/installing.page
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
 
     <p>The following instructions are for UNIX-like systems such as GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. To build on Windows, see the instructions for <link xref="installing#building-windows">Building on Windows</link>.</p>
 
-    <p>The most recent release of the libbson is 0.6.9 and can be <link href="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/0.6.9/libbson-0.6.9.tar.gz">downloaded here</link>. The following snippet will download and extract the current release of the driver.</p>
+    <p>The most recent release of the libbson is 0.8.0 and can be <link href="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/0.8.0/libbson-0.8.0.tar.gz">downloaded here</link>. The following snippet will download and extract the current release of the driver.</p>
 
-    <screen><output style="prompt">$ </output><input>wget https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/0.6.9/libbson-0.6.9.tar.gz</input>
-<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>tar -xzf libbson-0.6.9.tar.gz</input>
-<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>cd libbson-0.6.9/</input></screen>
+    <screen><output style="prompt">$ </output><input>wget https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/0.8.0/libbson-0.8.0.tar.gz</input>
+<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>tar -xzf libbson-0.8.0.tar.gz</input>
+<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>cd libbson-0.8.0/</input></screen>
 
     <p>Minimal dependencies are needed to build Libbson. On UNIX-like systems, pthreads (the POSIX threading library) is required.</p>
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Bindings:
 
     <p>Let's start by generating Visual Studio project files for libbson. The following assumes we are compiling for 64-bit Windows using Visual Studio 2010 Express which can be freely downloaded from Microsoft.</p>
 
-    <screen><output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>cd libbson-0.6.9</input>
+    <screen><output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>cd libbson-0.8.0</input>
 <output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>cmake -G "Visual Studio 2010 Win64" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\libbson"</input>
 <output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj</input>
 <output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>msbuild.exe INSTALL.vcxproj</input></screen>