diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 1ecc8bf..e66fd8f 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+0.8.0 / 2014-06-13
+==================
+
+ * add `this.response.is()``
+ * remove `.status=string` and `res.statusString` #298
+
 0.7.0 / 2014-06-07
 ==================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c59340..f5670a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "koa",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Koa web app framework",
   "main": "lib/application.js",
   "scripts": {