diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af84a35..4317d7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ checksum = "330a5ed07fa54e4702c9d6c4174f74427fc0ef6e214bbd677ae50a5099946470"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "app"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "audio-formats",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "audio-formats"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "freenet-adapter"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
  "freenet-stdlib",
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "library"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "audio-formats",
  "log",
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "metadata"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "httpdate",
@@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@ checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "persona-state"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "blake3",
@@ -3473,7 +3473,7 @@ checksum = "f6b464fbc74e149a392436b17d523f769e057cb6877f6a5c4618bc6f11800548"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "player"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "audio-formats",
  "env_logger",
@@ -4563,7 +4563,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "soulseek-client"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "audio-formats",
  "bytes",
@@ -4578,7 +4578,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "soulseek-proto"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "flate2",
@@ -4978,7 +4978,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tagger"
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "lofty",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fbfe156..de2c98c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.7.1-alpha"
+version = "1.8.0-alpha"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.77.2"
 authors = ["Trifecta Solutions"]
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 01f830b..ec65fc6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "soulstream",
-  "version": "1.7.1-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.0-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "soulstream",
-      "version": "1.7.1-alpha",
+      "version": "1.8.0-alpha",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@tauri-apps/api": "^2"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 827bde6..105761c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "soulstream",
-  "version": "1.7.1-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.0-alpha",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "SoulStream — music player, downloader and streamer for the Soulseek network",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index db37193..58b225f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "../node_modules/@tauri-apps/cli/config.schema.json",
   "productName": "SoulStream",
-  "version": "1.7.1-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.0-alpha",
   "identifier": "com.soulstream.app",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",