diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac4b80074b..d320051b01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
Ansible Changes By Release
==========================
-0.7 "Panama" -- release pending -- I can barely see the roadmap from the heat coming off of it.
+0.8 "Cathedral" -- release pending
+
+0.7 "Panama" -- Sept 6 2012
Module changes:
diff --git a/RELEASES.txt b/RELEASES.txt
index d65cd7b3b3..c75923d90c 100644
--- a/RELEASES.txt
+++ b/RELEASES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
Ansible Releases at a Glance
============================
+0.8 "Cathedral" ------- pending
0.7 "Panama" ---------- 9-06-2012
0.6 "Cabo" ------------ 8-06-2012
0.5 "Amsterdam" ------- 7-04-2012
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index eb49d7c7fd..aec258df73 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7
+0.8
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
index 2f433e0273..8dcd4174d4 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2
.\" Date: 09/06/2012
.\" Manual: System administration commands
-.\" Source: Ansible 0.7
+.\" Source: Ansible 0.8
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "09/06/2012" "Ansible 0\&.7" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "09/06/2012" "Ansible 0\&.8" "System administration commands"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
index 5eea65bede..233aee72c9 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
'\" t
.\" Title: ansible
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1
-.\" Date: 08/14/2012
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2
+.\" Date: 09/06/2012
.\" Manual: System administration commands
-.\" Source: Ansible 0.7
+.\" Source: Ansible 0.8
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "08/14/2012" "Ansible 0\&.7" "System administration commands"
-.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.\" * Define some portability stuff
-.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
-.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
-.el .ds Aq '
+.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "09/06/2012" "Ansible 0\&.8" "System administration commands"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -34,7 +25,7 @@ ansible-pull \- set up a remote copy of ansible on each managed node
ansible \-d DEST \-U URL [ \-C CHECKOUT ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
-\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \*(Aqremote things\*(Aq over SSH\&.
+\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things\' over SSH\&.
.sp
Use ansible\-pull to set up a remote copy of ansible on each managed node, each set to run via cron and update playbook source via git\&. This inverts the default \fBpush\fR architecture of ansible into a \fBpull\fR architecture, which has near\-limitless scaling potential\&.
.sp
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
index 7717296c0e..7dfb951913 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2
.\" Date: 09/06/2012
.\" Manual: System administration commands
-.\" Source: Ansible 0.7
+.\" Source: Ansible 0.8
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "09/06/2012" "Ansible 0\&.7" "System administration commands"
+.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "09/06/2012" "Ansible 0\&.8" "System administration commands"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/ansible/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
index 1b55e52e3a..73f13b44c4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Ansible. If not, see .
-__version__ = '0.7'
+__version__ = '0.8'
__author__ = 'Michael DeHaan'
diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index e3067c1a03..04a7ba6c00 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ansible (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * 0.8 release pending
+
+ -- Michael DeHaan Thu, 06 Aug 2012 18:50:01 -0400
+
ansible (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
* 0.7 update
diff --git a/packaging/port/sysutils/ansible/Makefile b/packaging/port/sysutils/ansible/Makefile
index e0de8c30d0..29877e8c57 100644
--- a/packaging/port/sysutils/ansible/Makefile
+++ b/packaging/port/sysutils/ansible/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# $FreeBSD$
PORTNAME= ansible
-PORTVERSION= 0.7
+PORTVERSION= 0.8
CATEGORIES= devel www textproc python
MASTER_SITES= https://github.com/downloads/ansible/ansible/
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
index 05c74a0642..87b46fc9ed 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
Name: ansible
Release: 1%{?dist}
Summary: SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
-Version: 0.7
+Version: 0.8
Group: Development/Libraries
License: GPLv3
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%doc examples/playbooks
%changelog
+* Thu Aug 7 2012 Michael DeHaan - 0.8-0
+- pending
+
* Thu Aug 6 2012 Michael DeHaan - 0.7-0
- Release of 0.7