diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af819e4244..fd38470c57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.0]
+
 ### Added ⭐
 - [PR#1064](https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/rust-gpu/pull/1064) added a Rust-GPU-private
   "extended instruction set" (to allow us to have custom `OpExtInst`s), with the
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76095898d7..536c8b4f07 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_codegen_spirv"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ar",
  "either",
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_codegen_spirv-types"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rspirv",
  "serde",
@@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spirv-builder"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "notify",
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spirv-std"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "glam",
@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spirv-std-macros"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spirv-std-types"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spirv-tools"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f12733ec29..2a729d897a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 authors = ["Embark <opensource@embark-studios.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/rust-gpu"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-spirv-std = { path = "./crates/spirv-std", version = "=0.7.0" }
-spirv-std-types = { path = "./crates/spirv-std/shared", version = "=0.7.0" }
-spirv-std-macros = { path = "./crates/spirv-std/macros", version = "=0.7.0" }
-spirv-builder = { path = "./crates/spirv-builder", version = "=0.7.0", default-features = false  }
-rustc_codegen_spirv = { path = "./crates/rustc_codegen_spirv", version = "=0.7.0", default-features = false }
-rustc_codegen_spirv-types = { path = "./crates/rustc_codegen_spirv-types", version = "=0.7.0" }
+spirv-std = { path = "./crates/spirv-std", version = "=0.8.0" }
+spirv-std-types = { path = "./crates/spirv-std/shared", version = "=0.8.0" }
+spirv-std-macros = { path = "./crates/spirv-std/macros", version = "=0.8.0" }
+spirv-builder = { path = "./crates/spirv-builder", version = "=0.8.0", default-features = false  }
+rustc_codegen_spirv = { path = "./crates/rustc_codegen_spirv", version = "=0.8.0", default-features = false }
+rustc_codegen_spirv-types = { path = "./crates/rustc_codegen_spirv-types", version = "=0.8.0" }
 
 # Enable incremental by default in release mode.
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/crates/spirv-builder/README.md b/crates/spirv-builder/README.md
index feb282ece6..7d3cc9f801 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-builder/README.md
+++ b/crates/spirv-builder/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- markdownlint-disable-file MD033 -->
 # `spirv-builder`
 
-![Rust version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-nightly--2023--03--04-purple.svg)
+![Rust version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-nightly--2023--04--15-purple.svg)
 
 This crate gives you `SpirvBuilder`, a tool to build shaders using [rust-gpu][rustgpu].
 
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ const SHADER: &[u8] = include_bytes!(env!("my_shaders.spv"));
 
 Because of its nature, `rustc_codegen_spirv`, and therefore `spirv-builder` by extension, require the use of a very specific nightly toolchain of Rust.
 
-**The current toolchain is: `nightly-2023-03-04`.**
+**The current toolchain is: `nightly-2023-04-15`.**
 
 Toolchains for previous versions of `spirv-builder`:
 
 |Version|Toolchain|
 |-:|-|
+|`0.8.0`|`nightly-2023-04-15`|
 |`0.7.0`|`nightly-2023-03-04`|
 |`0.6.*`|`nightly-2023-01-21`|
 |`0.5.0`|`nightly-2022-12-18`|
diff --git a/docs/src/writing-shader-crates.md b/docs/src/writing-shader-crates.md
index 317fdb76f4..d7f9409016 100644
--- a/docs/src/writing-shader-crates.md
+++ b/docs/src/writing-shader-crates.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ crates to display, it's recommended to use `spirv-builder` in a build script.
 2. Reference `spirv-builder` in your Cargo.toml:
     ```toml
     [build-dependencies]
-    spirv-builder = "0.7"
+    spirv-builder = "0.8"
     ```
     All dependent crates are published on [crates.io](https://crates.io).
 3. Create a `build.rs` in your project root.
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Configure your shader crate as a `"dylib"` type crate, and add `spirv-std` to it
 crate-type = ["dylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-spirv-std = { version = "0.7" }
+spirv-std = { version = "0.8" }
 ```
 
 Make sure your shader code uses the `no_std` attribute and makes the `spirv` attribute visibile in the global scope. Then, you're ready to write your first shader. Here's a very simple fragment shader called `main_fs` as an example that outputs the color red: