2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4211096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 0.8.0 / 2015-03-09
+* [CLEANUP] Introduced semantic versioning and changelog. From now on,
+  changes will be reported in this file.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62ee8a6..ad0d9c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-VERSION  := 0.7.1
+VERSION  := 0.8.0
 TARGET   := node_exporter
 
 include Makefile.COMMON