diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6a6f709e..d25d0a21b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Pending changes
 
+–
+
+## 2.0.0-alpha08
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - [#608](https://github.com/bumble-tech/appyx/pull/608) – Setting default value to NodeCustomisationDirectory in IosNodeHost
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 572b657c4..dc029ce8d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
 kotlin.mpp.androidSourceSetLayoutVersion1.nowarn=true
 kotlin.native.enableDependencyPropagation=false
-library.version=2.0.0-alpha07
+library.version=2.0.0-alpha08
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.parallel=true