diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e947f3e47e..d5266f82a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = 2.7.0
+version = 2.8.0
 NODE = node
 
 # Sets a custom hook path in the local git config.
diff --git a/bin/run-klaw.bat b/bin/run-klaw.bat
index 723aa1aa29..0dfa64f9da 100644
--- a/bin/run-klaw.bat
+++ b/bin/run-klaw.bat
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SET CURRENTDIR="%cd%"
 set DIR=%~dp0..\
 cd %DIR%
 
-set version=2.7.0
+set version=2.8.0
 set core_lib=.\core\target\klaw-%version%.jar
 set cluster_lib=.\cluster-api\target\cluster-api-%version%.jar
 set core_config=.\core\target\classes\application.properties
diff --git a/bin/run-klaw.sh b/bin/run-klaw.sh
index c4a32be53d..17fa474196 100644
--- a/bin/run-klaw.sh
+++ b/bin/run-klaw.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ WORKING_DIR="$(dirname "$0")"/..
 cd $WORKING_DIR
 
 # Declarations
-version=2.7.0
+version=2.8.0
 core_lib=./core/target/klaw-${version}.jar
 cluster_lib=./cluster-api/target/cluster-api-${version}.jar
 core_config=./core/target/classes/application.properties
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/aiven/klaw/service/ExportImportDataServiceTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/aiven/klaw/service/ExportImportDataServiceTest.java
index 9f5fdff82c..4554d716cc 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/aiven/klaw/service/ExportImportDataServiceTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/aiven/klaw/service/ExportImportDataServiceTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ExportImportDataServiceTest {
 
   @Mock BuildProperties buildProperties;
 
-  private static final String KLAW_VERSION = "2.7.0";
+  private static final String KLAW_VERSION = "2.8.0";
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index edef4169dc..c00a04455c 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "name" : "Apache 2.0",
       "url" : "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
     },
-    "version" : "2.7.0"
+    "version" : "2.8.0"
   },
   "externalDocs" : {
     "description" : "Klaw documentation",
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b1f679440..182e6bab95 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <revision>2.7.0</revision>
+        <revision>2.8.0</revision>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <java.version>17</java.version>