diff --git a/cmd/dcrinstall/settings.go b/cmd/dcrinstall/settings.go
index 6f59f91..73c2734 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrinstall/settings.go
+++ b/cmd/dcrinstall/settings.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import (
 
 // latestVersion and latestManifest must be updated every release.
 const (
-	latestManifest = "manifest-v0.7.0.txt"
-	defaultURI     = "https://github.com/decred/decred-binaries/releases/download/v0.7.0"
+	latestManifest = "manifest-v0.8.0.txt"
+	defaultURI     = "https://github.com/decred/decred-binaries/releases/download/v0.8.0"
 
 	netMain  = "mainnet"
 	netTest  = "testnet"
diff --git a/cmd/dcrinstall/version.go b/cmd/dcrinstall/version.go
index ecc46f6..05b06c1 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrinstall/version.go
+++ b/cmd/dcrinstall/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 7
+	appMinor uint = 8
 	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet