diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0e31fb738..222981275 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ checksum = "3b13c32d80ecc7ab747b80c3784bce54ee8a7a0cc4fbda9bf4cda2cf6fe90854"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aquadoggo"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-graphql",
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aquadoggo_cli"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "aquadoggo",
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 4aeb10ee8..f8a097244 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ _This is an example for publising version `1.2.0`._
 
 ## Tagging and versioning
 
-6. Bump the package version in `Cargo.toml` by hand.
+6. Bump the package version in `Cargo.toml` by hand, also bump the `aquadoggo` dependency version in `aquadoggo_cli`.
 7. Commit the version changes with a commit message `1.2.0`.
 8. Run `git tag v1.2.0` and push including your tags using `git push origin main --tags`.
 
diff --git a/aquadoggo_cli/Cargo.toml b/aquadoggo_cli/Cargo.toml
index e10427cc3..29aadac01 100644
--- a/aquadoggo_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquadoggo_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ tokio = { version = "1.28.2", features = ["full"] }
 toml = "0.7.6"
 
 [dependencies.aquadoggo]
-version = "~0.7.4"
+version = "~0.8.0"
 path = "../aquadoggo"