diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 56bfe7b..9a172e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.0.8] - 2019-04-25 (beta)
+
 ### Added
 - FTP downloading option for taxonomy/libraries (--use-ftp for kraken2-build)
 - Option to skip downloading taxonomy maps
diff --git a/docs/MANUAL.html b/docs/MANUAL.html
index 835eb85..42e89d9 100644
--- a/docs/MANUAL.html
+++ b/docs/MANUAL.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <div class="pretoc">
   <p class="title">Kraken taxonomic sequence classification system</p>
 
-  <p class="version">Version 2.0.7-beta</p>
+  <p class="version">Version 2.0.8-beta</p>
 
   <p>Operating Manual</p>
 </div>
diff --git a/docs/top.html b/docs/top.html
index 1ce9536..032e5ec 100644
--- a/docs/top.html
+++ b/docs/top.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="pretoc">
   <p class="title">Kraken taxonomic sequence classification system</p>
 
-  <p class="version">Version 2.0.7-beta</p>
+  <p class="version">Version 2.0.8-beta</p>
 
   <p>Operating Manual</p>
 </div>
diff --git a/install_kraken2.sh b/install_kraken2.sh
index 04fd753..e60945e 100755
--- a/install_kraken2.sh
+++ b/install_kraken2.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION="2.0.7-beta"
+VERSION="2.0.8-beta"
 
 if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -n "$2" ]
 then