diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2adbaeb9d..4e20aa382 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ array = ["ndarray"]
 thiserror = "1.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 geo-types = { version = "0.7" }
-gdal-sys = { path = "gdal-sys", version = "^0.7" }
+gdal-sys = { path = "gdal-sys", version = "^0.8" }
 ndarray = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4" }
 bitflags = "1.3"
 once_cell = "1.9"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-gdal-sys = { path = "gdal-sys", version = "^0.7" }
+gdal-sys = { path = "gdal-sys", version = "^0.8" }
 semver = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ members = ["gdal-sys"]
 # include `array` feature in documentation
 features = ["array"]
 # define attribute `docsrs` for feature badges
-rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
\ No newline at end of file
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
diff --git a/gdal-sys/Cargo.toml b/gdal-sys/Cargo.toml
index 1c882330e..7f58858fb 100644
--- a/gdal-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gdal-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "gdal-sys"
 description = "Low level GDAL bindings for Rust"
 license = "MIT"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/georust/gdal"
 authors = ["Johannes Drönner <droenner@informatik.uni-marburg.de>"]
 edition = "2018"