diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c120d0a..06f4a7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syndicate"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "criterion",
diff --git a/syndicate-macros/Cargo.toml b/syndicate-macros/Cargo.toml
index 73ddf9b..cb5cab6 100644
--- a/syndicate-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/syndicate-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
-syndicate = { path = "../syndicate", version = "^0.2.0" }
+syndicate = { path = "../syndicate", version = "^0.8.0-alpha.0"}
 
 proc-macro2 = "^1.0"
 quote = "^1.0"
diff --git a/syndicate-server/Cargo.toml b/syndicate-server/Cargo.toml
index 4d6d0cb..2a5e6d6 100644
--- a/syndicate-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/syndicate-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://git.syndicate-lang.org/syndicate-lang/syndicate-rs"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-syndicate = { path = "../syndicate", version = "^0.2.0" }
+syndicate = { path = "../syndicate", version = "^0.8.0-alpha.0"}
 syndicate-macros = { path = "../syndicate-macros", version = "^0.2.0" }
 
 futures = "0.3.5"
diff --git a/syndicate/Cargo.toml b/syndicate/Cargo.toml
index 5e72132..0c67be8 100644
--- a/syndicate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/syndicate/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "syndicate"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.0"
 authors = ["Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com>"]
 edition = "2018"