diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99fac8e..edbe6dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SLOW5 specification: https://hasindu2008.github.io/slow5specs<br/>
 
 If you are a Linux user on x86_64 architecture and want to quickly try slow5tools out, download the compiled binaries from the [latest release](https://github.com/hasindu2008/slow5tools/releases). For example:
 ```sh
-VERSION=v0.7.0
+VERSION=v0.8.0
 wget "https://github.com/hasindu2008/slow5tools/releases/download/$VERSION/slow5tools-$VERSION-x86_64-linux-binaries.tar.gz" && tar xvf slow5tools-$VERSION-x86_64-linux-binaries.tar.gz && cd slow5tools-$VERSION/
 ./slow5tools
 ```
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Quick example for Ubuntu :
 
 ```sh
 sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev zlib1g-dev   #install HDF5 and zlib development libraries
-VERSION=v0.7.0
+VERSION=v0.8.0
 wget "https://github.com/hasindu2008/slow5tools/releases/download/$VERSION/slow5tools-$VERSION-release.tar.gz" && tar xvf slow5tools-$VERSION-release.tar.gz && cd slow5tools-$VERSION/
 ./configure
 make
diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md
index 6ef09ee..72ca0e5 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SLOW5 specification: https://hasindu2008.github.io/slow5specs<br/>
 
 If you are a Linux user on x86_64 architecture and want to quickly try slow5tools out, download the compiled binaries from the [latest release](https://github.com/hasindu2008/slow5tools/releases). For example:
 ```sh
-VERSION=v0.7.0
+VERSION=v0.8.0
 wget "https://github.com/hasindu2008/slow5tools/releases/download/$VERSION/slow5tools-$VERSION-x86_64-linux-binaries.tar.gz" && tar xvf slow5tools-$VERSION-x86_64-linux-binaries.tar.gz && cd slow5tools-$VERSION/
 ./slow5tools
 ```
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Quick example for Ubuntu:
 
 ```sh
 sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev zlib1g-dev   #install HDF5 and zlib development libraries
-VERSION=v0.7.0
+VERSION=v0.8.0
 wget "https://github.com/hasindu2008/slow5tools/releases/download/$VERSION/slow5tools-$VERSION-release.tar.gz" && tar xvf slow5tools-$VERSION-release.tar.gz && cd slow5tools-$VERSION/
 ./configure
 make
diff --git a/slow5lib b/slow5lib
index 106fced..014c14e 160000
--- a/slow5lib
+++ b/slow5lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 106fcedc9a4409dcdfba84bc9366a52acb073258
+Subproject commit 014c14e50bdd239847ce55061ab12b2b06f73336
diff --git a/src/cmd.h b/src/cmd.h
index f6227d5..f30c116 100644
--- a/src/cmd.h
+++ b/src/cmd.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef CMD_H
 #define CMD_H
 
-#define SLOW5TOOLS_VERSION "0.7.0-dirty"
+#define SLOW5TOOLS_VERSION "0.8.0"
 
 #define DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS 8
 #define DEFAULT_NUM_PROCESSES 8