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 # Cordova-cli Release Notes
 
+### 8.0.0 (Dec 14, 2017)
+* [CB-13055](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13055): removed `--nofetch` flag
+* Use native Promises instead of `Q`
+* [CB-12853](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12853): re-check version before notifying.
+* [CB-13501](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13501): updated to include node 8 to tests
+
 ### 7.1.0 (Oct 04, 2017)
 * [CB-13303](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13303) added `--noprod` and `--production` flags as options, `--noprod` turns off our auto adding of `--production` flag
 * [CB-13353](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13353) added `--save-exact` flag to cli and unit test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova",
-  "version": "7.1.1-dev",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "description": "Cordova command line interface tool",
   "main": "cordova",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "configstore": "2.1.0",
     "cordova-common": "^2.2.0",
-    "cordova-lib": "7.1.0",
+    "cordova-lib": "8.0.0",
     "editor": "1.0.0",
     "insight": "0.8.4",
     "nopt": "3.0.1",