diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca596a0..2702af5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## Version 0.8.0 (2025/01/05)
+
+### What's Changed
+* Overhaul of the documentation that better organizes the API reference documentation, adds a User Guide with examples (including some silly examples), and provides a more concise introduction [PR235](https://github.com/pyswmm/swmmio/pull/235)
+* Added ability to instantiate a swmmio.Model object with a url to a INP file somewhere on the network
+* Upgrades and loosens the pyshp dependency in requiements.txt and setup.py, respectively. [PR236](https://github.com/pyswmm/swmmio/pull/236)
+
 ## Version 0.7.3 (2024/12/02)
 
 ### What's Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d557112..11c4fec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # swmmio
-*v0.7.3 (2024/12/02)*
+*v0.8.0 (2025/01/05)*
 
 _Programmatic pre and post processing for EPA Stormwater Management Model (SWMM)_
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _Programmatic pre and post processing for EPA Stormwater Management Model (SWMM)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/swmmio/badge/?version=latest)](https://swmmio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 
 
-![image](_static/img/flooded_anno_example.png)
+![image](docs/_static/img/flooded_anno_example.png)
 
 
 ## Introduction
diff --git a/swmmio/__init__.py b/swmmio/__init__.py
index 9fa9f31..1fe9e82 100644
--- a/swmmio/__init__.py
+++ b/swmmio/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 '''Python SWMM Input/Output Tools'''
 
 
-VERSION_INFO = (0, 7, 4, 'dev0')
+VERSION_INFO = (0, 8, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION_INFO))
 __author__ = 'Adam Erispaha'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2025'