diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bd7a588..c82c7864 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Please look into the doxygen configuration (Generated from Doc/history.docu) 
+The changelog can be found in the html Documentation.
 
 The latest changelog for the master can be found here:
-http://openmesh.org/Daily-Builds/Doc/a00002.html
+http://openmesh.org/Daily-Builds/Doc/
diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index c38bd385..e977abfa 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 
 
-<tr valign=top><td><b>7.2</b> (?/?/?)</td><td>
+<tr valign=top><td><b>8.0</b> (?/?/?)</td><td>
 
 <b>Core</b>
 <ul>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3a4d17f..0c8c38de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# OpenMesh, 7.2
+# OpenMesh, 8.0
 
 [![](https://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/OpenMesh/OpenMesh/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/OpenMesh/OpenMesh/commits/master)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c975e25f..47e41527 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-VERSION=7.2
-MAJOR=7
-MINOR=2
+VERSION=8.0
+MAJOR=8
+MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
 ID=OPENMESH
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
index 19509deb..13213ad9 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND)
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libs_required/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 8.0"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 7.2"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 7.1"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 7.0"
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND)
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4.1"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.4"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 2.0/include"
+    "C:/libs/OpenMesh 8.0"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 7.1"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 7.0"
     "C:/libs/OpenMesh 6.3"
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
index bb5a7893..4611fbfb 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-#define OM_VERSION 0x70200
+#define OM_VERSION 0x80000
+//#define OM_VERSION 0x70200
 
 #define OM_GET_VER ((OM_VERSION & 0xf0000) >> 16)
 #define OM_GET_MAJ ((OM_VERSION & 0x0ff00) >> 8)