diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66809b52..5d0775df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ We use [Break Versioning][breakver]. The version numbers follow a `<major>.<mino
 
 [breakver]: https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md
 
-## UNRELEASED
+## 0.8.0-alpha1 (2025-01-31)
 
 * Improve OpenAPI docs, plus don't emit `:description` in the wrong place [#702](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/pull/702)
-* *POTENTIALLY BREAKING* The frontend functions (href, push/replace-state, set-query) now
+* *POTENTIALLY BREAKING* The frontend functions (href, push/replace-state, navigate, set-query) now
   encode query-string values using configured coercion when possible (only Malli supports encoding).
     - You can use this to encode query parameter values before they are URL-encoded. This works for DateTimes, collections etc.
     - In most cases this shouldn't break existing uses, but it is possible even without
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8e008bf..6a0a5994 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ modules will continue to be released under `metosin` for compatibility purposes.
 All main modules bundled:
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Optionally, the parts can be required separately.
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index 6f627698..892ace42 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ There is [#reitit](https://clojurians.slack.com/messages/reitit/) in [Clojurians
 All bundled:
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Optionally, the parts can be required separately.
diff --git a/doc/basics/error_messages.md b/doc/basics/error_messages.md
index 5f003ce8..e6762e55 100644
--- a/doc/basics/error_messages.md
+++ b/doc/basics/error_messages.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The default exception formatting uses `reitit.exception/exception`. It produces
 ## Pretty Errors
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-dev "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-dev "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 For human-readable and developer-friendly exception messages, there is `reitit.dev.pretty/exception` (in the `reitit-dev` module). It is inspired by the lovely errors messages of [ELM](https://elm-lang.org/blog/compiler-errors-for-humans) and [ETA](https://twitter.com/jyothsnasrin/status/1037703436043603968) and uses [fipp](https://github.com/brandonbloom/fipp), [expound](https://github.com/bhb/expound) and [spell-spec](https://github.com/bhauman/spell-spec) for most of heavy lifting.
diff --git a/doc/http/default_interceptors.md b/doc/http/default_interceptors.md
index f1e7f03f..53f8d3c3 100644
--- a/doc/http/default_interceptors.md
+++ b/doc/http/default_interceptors.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Default Interceptors
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Just like the [ring default middleware](../ring/default_middleware.md), but for interceptors.
diff --git a/doc/http/interceptors.md b/doc/http/interceptors.md
index 67a91a50..97bb4ab1 100644
--- a/doc/http/interceptors.md
+++ b/doc/http/interceptors.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Reitit has also support for [interceptors](http://pedestal.io/reference/intercep
 ## Reitit-http
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-http "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-http "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 A module for http-routing using interceptors instead of middleware. Builds on top of the [`reitit-ring`](../ring/ring.md) module having all the same features.
diff --git a/doc/http/pedestal.md b/doc/http/pedestal.md
index e6b0c0bf..f79d81d9 100644
--- a/doc/http/pedestal.md
+++ b/doc/http/pedestal.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [Pedestal](http://pedestal.io/) is a backend web framework for Clojure. `reitit-pedestal` provides an alternative routing engine for Pedestal.
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Why should one use reitit instead of the Pedestal [default routing](http://pedestal.io/reference/routing-quick-reference)?
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ A minimalistic example on how to to swap the default-router with a reitit router
 ```clj
 ; [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.5.5"]
 ; [io.pedestal/pedestal.jetty "0.5.5"]
-; [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.7.2"]
-; [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+; [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+; [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 
 (require '[io.pedestal.http :as server])
 (require '[reitit.pedestal :as pedestal])
diff --git a/doc/http/sieppari.md b/doc/http/sieppari.md
index c2cde463..c0e6db39 100644
--- a/doc/http/sieppari.md
+++ b/doc/http/sieppari.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Sieppari
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-sieppari "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-sieppari "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 [Sieppari](https://github.com/metosin/sieppari) is a new and fast interceptor implementation for Clojure, with pluggable async supporting [core.async](https://github.com/clojure/core.async), [Manifold](https://github.com/ztellman/manifold) and [Promesa](http://funcool.github.io/promesa/latest).
diff --git a/doc/http/transforming_interceptor_chain.md b/doc/http/transforming_interceptor_chain.md
index 96447927..a84f0182 100644
--- a/doc/http/transforming_interceptor_chain.md
+++ b/doc/http/transforming_interceptor_chain.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ There is an extra option in http-router (actually, in the underlying interceptor
 ### Printing Context Diffs
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Using `reitit.http.interceptors.dev/print-context-diffs` transformation, the context diffs between each interceptor are printed out to the console. To use it, add the following router option:
diff --git a/doc/ring/default_middleware.md b/doc/ring/default_middleware.md
index b242299b..35e6645d 100644
--- a/doc/ring/default_middleware.md
+++ b/doc/ring/default_middleware.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Default Middleware
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-middleware "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-middleware "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Any Ring middleware can be used with `reitit-ring`, but using data-driven middleware is preferred as they are easier to manage and in many cases yield better performance. `reitit-middleware` contains a set of common ring middleware, lifted into data-driven middleware.
diff --git a/doc/ring/exceptions.md b/doc/ring/exceptions.md
index fc4ea060..d803acec 100644
--- a/doc/ring/exceptions.md
+++ b/doc/ring/exceptions.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Exception Handling with Ring
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-middleware "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-middleware "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Exceptions thrown in router creation can be [handled with custom exception handler](../basics/error_messages.md). By default, exceptions thrown at runtime from a handler or a middleware are not caught by the `reitit.ring/ring-handler`. A good practice is to have a top-level exception handler to log and format errors for clients.
diff --git a/doc/ring/ring.md b/doc/ring/ring.md
index 630e13bf..c377ad79 100644
--- a/doc/ring/ring.md
+++ b/doc/ring/ring.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Read more about the [Ring Concepts](https://github.com/ring-clojure/ring/wiki/Concepts).
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-ring "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-ring "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 ## `reitit.ring/router`
diff --git a/doc/ring/swagger.md b/doc/ring/swagger.md
index 1b1a6b8c..5ae9f28b 100644
--- a/doc/ring/swagger.md
+++ b/doc/ring/swagger.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Swagger Support
 
 ```
-[metosin/reitit-swagger "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-swagger "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Reitit supports [Swagger2](https://swagger.io/) documentation, thanks to [schema-tools](https://github.com/metosin/schema-tools) and [spec-tools](https://github.com/metosin/spec-tools). Documentation is extracted from route definitions, coercion `:parameters` and `:responses` and from a set of new documentation keys.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ If you need to post-process the generated spec, just wrap the handler with a cus
 [Swagger-ui](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui) is a user interface to visualize and interact with the Swagger specification. To make things easy, there is a pre-integrated version of the swagger-ui as a separate module.
 
 ```
-[metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 `reitit.swagger-ui/create-swagger-ui-handler` can be used to create a ring-handler to serve the swagger-ui. It accepts the following options:
diff --git a/doc/ring/transforming_middleware_chain.md b/doc/ring/transforming_middleware_chain.md
index 98cb4ac0..c0efe9ba 100644
--- a/doc/ring/transforming_middleware_chain.md
+++ b/doc/ring/transforming_middleware_chain.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ There is an extra option in the Ring router (actually, in the underlying middlew
 ### Printing Request Diffs
 
 ```clj
-[metosin/reitit-middleware "0.7.2"]
+[metosin/reitit-middleware "0.8.0-alpha1"]
 ```
 
 Using `reitit.ring.middleware.dev/print-request-diffs` transformation, the request diffs between each middleware are printed out to the console. To use it, add the following router option:
diff --git a/examples/buddy-auth/project.clj b/examples/buddy-auth/project.clj
index c7fe3e8c..7ec129bb 100644
--- a/examples/buddy-auth/project.clj
+++ b/examples/buddy-auth/project.clj
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   :description "Reitit Buddy Auth App"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [buddy "2.0.0"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server})
diff --git a/examples/frontend-auth/project.clj b/examples/frontend-auth/project.clj
index 02b2e121..5adb2d47 100644
--- a/examples/frontend-auth/project.clj
+++ b/examples/frontend-auth/project.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
                  [ring "1.12.1"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.5"]
                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.11.132"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-schema "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-schema "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [cljsjs/react "17.0.2-0"]
                  [cljsjs/react-dom "17.0.2-0"]
                  ;; Just for pretty printting the match
diff --git a/examples/frontend-controllers/project.clj b/examples/frontend-controllers/project.clj
index 83be3815..ff5f23c4 100644
--- a/examples/frontend-controllers/project.clj
+++ b/examples/frontend-controllers/project.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
                  [ring "1.12.1"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.5"]
                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.11.132"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-schema "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-schema "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [cljsjs/react "17.0.2-0"]
                  [cljsjs/react-dom "17.0.2-0"]
                  ;; Just for pretty printting the match
diff --git a/examples/frontend-links/project.clj b/examples/frontend-links/project.clj
index cdb52b1a..c7ead4a9 100644
--- a/examples/frontend-links/project.clj
+++ b/examples/frontend-links/project.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
                  [ring "1.12.1"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.5"]
                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.10.520"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-spec "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-spec "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [cljsjs/react "17.0.2-0"]
                  [cljsjs/react-dom "17.0.2-0"]
                  ;; Just for pretty printting the match
diff --git a/examples/frontend-malli/project.clj b/examples/frontend-malli/project.clj
index 473cd83d..263d1433 100644
--- a/examples/frontend-malli/project.clj
+++ b/examples/frontend-malli/project.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
                  [ring "1.12.1"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.5"]
                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.11.132"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-malli "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-malli "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [cljsjs/react "17.0.2-0"]
                  [cljsjs/react-dom "17.0.2-0"]
                  ;; Just for pretty printting the match
diff --git a/examples/frontend-prompt/project.clj b/examples/frontend-prompt/project.clj
index 4958f49e..6e03b83c 100644
--- a/examples/frontend-prompt/project.clj
+++ b/examples/frontend-prompt/project.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
                  [ring "1.12.1"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.5"]
                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.11.132"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-spec "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-spec "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [cljsjs/react "17.0.2-0"]
                  [cljsjs/react-dom "17.0.2-0"]
                  ;; Just for pretty printting the match
diff --git a/examples/frontend-re-frame/project.clj b/examples/frontend-re-frame/project.clj
index 946d99d6..272e8ae8 100644
--- a/examples/frontend-re-frame/project.clj
+++ b/examples/frontend-re-frame/project.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (defproject frontend-re-frame "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.11.132"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [reagent "1.2.0"]
                  [re-frame "0.10.6"]
                  [cljsjs/react "17.0.2-0"]
diff --git a/examples/frontend/project.clj b/examples/frontend/project.clj
index f049d811..f0d9cd4e 100644
--- a/examples/frontend/project.clj
+++ b/examples/frontend/project.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
                  [ring "1.12.1"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.5"]
                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.11.132"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-spec "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-spec "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [cljsjs/react "17.0.2-0"]
                  [cljsjs/react-dom "17.0.2-0"]
                  ;; Just for pretty printting the match
diff --git a/examples/http-swagger/project.clj b/examples/http-swagger/project.clj
index 47b12006..8565b40d 100644
--- a/examples/http-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/examples/http-swagger/project.clj
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
                  [aleph "0.7.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.9.0"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server})
diff --git a/examples/http/project.clj b/examples/http/project.clj
index 3d194d55..b15e4f91 100644
--- a/examples/http/project.clj
+++ b/examples/http/project.clj
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
                  [funcool/promesa "11.0.678"]
                  [manifold "0.4.2"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server})
diff --git a/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj b/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj
index 517b5179..43c22155 100644
--- a/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj
+++ b/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
   :description "Reitit coercion with vanilla ring"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]])
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]])
diff --git a/examples/openapi/project.clj b/examples/openapi/project.clj
index b872ba41..b79f4cd9 100644
--- a/examples/openapi/project.clj
+++ b/examples/openapi/project.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [metosin/jsonista "0.3.8"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.9.0"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server}
   :profiles {:dev {:dependencies [[ring/ring-mock "0.4.0"]]}})
diff --git a/examples/pedestal-malli-swagger/project.clj b/examples/pedestal-malli-swagger/project.clj
index 09a0e832..8c9bd679 100644
--- a/examples/pedestal-malli-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/examples/pedestal-malli-swagger/project.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.6.3"]
                  [io.pedestal/pedestal.jetty "0.6.3"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-malli "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]]
+                 [metosin/reitit-malli "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns server})
diff --git a/examples/pedestal-swagger/project.clj b/examples/pedestal-swagger/project.clj
index a57ad0b0..70879f48 100644
--- a/examples/pedestal-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/examples/pedestal-swagger/project.clj
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.6.3"]
                  [io.pedestal/pedestal.jetty "0.6.3"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]]
+                 [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server})
diff --git a/examples/pedestal/project.clj b/examples/pedestal/project.clj
index 9d463dad..274ced5a 100644
--- a/examples/pedestal/project.clj
+++ b/examples/pedestal/project.clj
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.6.3"]
                  [io.pedestal/pedestal.jetty "0.6.3"]
-                 [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.7.2"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]]
+                 [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server})
diff --git a/examples/ring-example/project.clj b/examples/ring-example/project.clj
index 4f570be8..62c72326 100644
--- a/examples/ring-example/project.clj
+++ b/examples/ring-example/project.clj
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   :description "Reitit Ring App"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server})
diff --git a/examples/ring-integrant/project.clj b/examples/ring-integrant/project.clj
index 39ec57d7..cf4c7551 100644
--- a/examples/ring-integrant/project.clj
+++ b/examples/ring-integrant/project.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   :description "Reitit Ring App with Integrant"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [integrant "0.8.1"]]
   :main example.server
   :repl-options {:init-ns user}
diff --git a/examples/ring-malli-lite-swagger/project.clj b/examples/ring-malli-lite-swagger/project.clj
index 24546b97..e4cf2ed9 100644
--- a/examples/ring-malli-lite-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/examples/ring-malli-lite-swagger/project.clj
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [metosin/jsonista "0.3.8"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server}
   :profiles {:dev {:dependencies [[ring/ring-mock "0.4.0"]]}})
diff --git a/examples/ring-malli-swagger/project.clj b/examples/ring-malli-swagger/project.clj
index 1a546b09..d50872f7 100644
--- a/examples/ring-malli-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/examples/ring-malli-swagger/project.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [metosin/jsonista "0.3.8"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.9.0"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server}
   :profiles {:dev {:dependencies [[ring/ring-mock "0.4.0"]]}})
diff --git a/examples/ring-spec-swagger/project.clj b/examples/ring-spec-swagger/project.clj
index d68facb2..c9c7ca31 100644
--- a/examples/ring-spec-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/examples/ring-spec-swagger/project.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   :description "Reitit Ring App with Swagger"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.2"]
                  [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.12.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                  [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.9.0"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server}
   :profiles {:dev {:dependencies [[ring/ring-mock "0.4.0"]]}})
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/project.clj b/modules/reitit-core/project.clj
index 4d603126..82749adf 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-core "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-core "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Snappy data-driven router for Clojure(Script)"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-dev/project.clj b/modules/reitit-dev/project.clj
index 170cd606..f323312a 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-dev/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-dev/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-dev "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-dev "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Snappy data-driven router for Clojure(Script)"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-frontend/project.clj b/modules/reitit-frontend/project.clj
index d827174e..152841e2 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-frontend/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-frontend/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: Clojurescript frontend routing core"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-http/project.clj b/modules/reitit-http/project.clj
index 093fbdfe..704d674c 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-http/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-http/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-http "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-http "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: HTTP routing with interceptors"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-interceptors/project.clj b/modules/reitit-interceptors/project.clj
index f832e79a..c860c5b9 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-interceptors/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-interceptors/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit, common interceptors bundled"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-malli/project.clj b/modules/reitit-malli/project.clj
index abec82b9..fce6655a 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-malli/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-malli/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-malli "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-malli "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: Malli coercion"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-middleware/project.clj b/modules/reitit-middleware/project.clj
index 791d77b3..d9e6c980 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-middleware/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-middleware/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-middleware "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-middleware "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit, common middleware bundled"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-openapi/project.clj b/modules/reitit-openapi/project.clj
index 528537cd..3ddd6cd7 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-openapi/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-openapi/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject fi.metosin/reitit-openapi "0.7.2"
+(defproject fi.metosin/reitit-openapi "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: OpenAPI-support"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-pedestal/project.clj b/modules/reitit-pedestal/project.clj
index 5385c28c..97abcc5f 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-pedestal/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-pedestal/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit + Pedestal Integration"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj b/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj
index d4f96f5d..28aeb711 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-ring "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-ring "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: Ring routing"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj b/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj
index be1599f9..8c2ee151 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-schema "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-schema "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: Plumatic Schema coercion"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-sieppari/project.clj b/modules/reitit-sieppari/project.clj
index c497b82f..5e93b105 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-sieppari/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-sieppari/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-sieppari "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-sieppari "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: Sieppari Interceptors"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj b/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj
index 2938601b..f21683b1 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-spec "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-spec "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: clojure.spec coercion"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj b/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj
index 63fc2f44..21be46ef 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: Swagger-ui support"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj b/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj
index 1c7df5c6..00706d0d 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Reitit: Swagger-support"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit/project.clj b/modules/reitit/project.clj
index ce1d80f4..091562f1 100644
--- a/modules/reitit/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Snappy data-driven router for Clojure(Script)"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4b0e8db6..4307f08a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-parent "0.7.2"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-parent "0.8.0-alpha1"
   :description "Snappy data-driven router for Clojure(Script)"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
@@ -17,22 +17,22 @@
         :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"}
   ;; TODO: need to verify that the code actually worked with Java1.8, see #242
   :javac-options ["-Xlint:unchecked" "-target" "1.8" "-source" "1.8"]
-  :managed-dependencies [[metosin/reitit "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-core "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-dev "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-spec "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-malli "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-schema "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-ring "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-middleware "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-http "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-swagger "0.7.2"]
-                         [fi.metosin/reitit-openapi "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-sieppari "0.7.2"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.7.2"]
+  :managed-dependencies [[metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-core "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-dev "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-spec "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-malli "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-schema "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-ring "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-middleware "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-http "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-interceptors "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-swagger "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [fi.metosin/reitit-openapi "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-sieppari "0.8.0-alpha1"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                          [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.9.0"]
                          [metosin/spec-tools "0.10.7"]
                          [metosin/schema-tools "0.13.1"]