diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: rbioapi
 Title: User-Friendly R Interface to Biologic Web Services' API
-Version: 0.7.9
+Version: 0.8.0
 Authors@R: 
     person(given = "Moosa",
            family = "Rezwani",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# rbioapi 0.7.9 (Current CRAN version)
+# rbioapi 0.8.0 (Current CRAN version)
+
+* Move to STRING v12.
+
+* Incorporate the recent changes in PANTHER and MIEAA API.
+
+* Minor improvements and fixes.
+
+# rbioapi 0.7.9
 
 * Stability improvements.