diff --git a/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless.csproj b/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless.csproj
index 2097e22..41d997a 100644
--- a/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless.csproj
+++ b/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless/WitcherScriptMerger.Headless.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
          GenerateAssemblyInfo=false (see its CLAUDE.md), so it can't pick up this
          property; this one has no such override, so GenerateAssemblyInfo (default true)
          stamps AssemblyVersion/AssemblyFileVersion/AssemblyInformationalVersion from it. -->
-    <Version>0.7.0</Version>
+    <Version>0.8.0</Version>
     <!-- The SDK default appends "+<git commit sha>" to AssemblyInformationalVersion.
          Suppressed so VersionInfo.GetVersion() (Core) prints exactly this <Version>
          value (or whatever -p:Version= a release build passes) - matching, not just
diff --git a/WitcherScriptMerger/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/WitcherScriptMerger/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index f4441c1..3547ccd 100644
--- a/WitcherScriptMerger/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/WitcherScriptMerger/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.7.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.7.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.8.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.8.0")]
diff --git a/vortex-extension/src/githubRelease.ts b/vortex-extension/src/githubRelease.ts
index b807a80..3ab6298 100644
--- a/vortex-extension/src/githubRelease.ts
+++ b/vortex-extension/src/githubRelease.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_WSM_REPO = 'TheValiantOne/WitcherScriptMerger';
  * (`v<version>`) and `WitcherScriptMerger.Headless.csproj`'s own `<Version>`; bump it
  * alongside a new WSM release once that release's assets are published.
  */
-export const DEFAULT_WSM_VERSION = '0.7.0';
+export const DEFAULT_WSM_VERSION = '0.8.0';
 
 /**
  * Windows-only for now, matching Vortex itself being Windows-only today (see