diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 536cf09..cef448a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Change Log
 
-2019-04-21 -- 1.0.0-alpha7 -- Initial publicly announced release.
+2019-04-21 -- 1.0.0-alpha8 -- Initial publicly announced release.
diff --git a/doc/getting-started.md b/doc/getting-started.md
index d2e0661..0d46134 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started.md
+++ b/doc/getting-started.md
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ It is designed to work with Clojure 1.10 or later, supports `datafy`/`nav`, and
 You can add `next.jdbc` to your project with either:
 
 ```clojure
-{seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.0.0-alpha7"}}
+{seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.0.0-alpha8"}}
 ```
 for `deps.edn` or:
 
 ```clojure
-[seancorfield/next.jdbc "1.0.0-alpha7"]
+[seancorfield/next.jdbc "1.0.0-alpha8"]
 ```
 for `project.clj` or `build.boot`.
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ For the examples in this documentation, we will use a local H2 database on disk,
 ```clojure
 ;; deps.edn
 {:deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.0"}
-        seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.0.0-alpha7"}
+        seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.0.0-alpha8"}
         com.h2database/h2 {:mvn/version "1.4.197"}}}
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a38152..141b090 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>seancorfield</groupId>
   <artifactId>next.jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0-alpha7</version>
+  <version>1.0.0-alpha8</version>
   <name>next.jdbc</name>
 
   <description>The next generation of clojure.java.jdbc: a new low-level Clojure wrapper for JDBC-based access to databases.</description>