diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 2571ac81..7ce5fc32 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 license          'Apache 2.0'
 description      'Installs and configures a Kafka broker'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.7.2'
+version          '0.8.0'
 
 recipe 'kafka::default', 'Downloads and installs Kafka from binary releases'