diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/Cargo.toml b/rust/flatbuffers/Cargo.toml
index ad95e673a..368ff7d94 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "flatbuffers"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["Robert Winslow <hello@rwinslow.com>", "FlatBuffers Maintainers"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"