diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a778a53d..3b03d2078 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 <!-- <START NEW CHANGELOG ENTRY> -->
 
+## 8.0.0b1
+
+No merged PRs
+
+<!-- <END NEW CHANGELOG ENTRY> -->
+
 ## 8.0.0b0
 
 ([Full Changelog](https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_client/compare/v8.0.0a4...e419ff4a651b6ac7cd533023c2dd3bd391de6eb6))
@@ -21,8 +27,6 @@
 
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-<!-- <END NEW CHANGELOG ENTRY> -->
-
 ## 8.0.0a4
 
 ([Full Changelog](https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_client/compare/v8.0.0a3...107ccdd06c9b67fc081204ae7c0e7123a17cb0c4))
diff --git a/jupyter_client/_version.py b/jupyter_client/_version.py
index f3e7edbe5..546b2b7f2 100644
--- a/jupyter_client/_version.py
+++ b/jupyter_client/_version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from typing import List
 from typing import Union
 
-__version__ = "8.0.0b0"
+__version__ = "8.0.0b1"
 
 # Build up version_info tuple for backwards compatibility
 pattern = r'(?P<major>\d+).(?P<minor>\d+).(?P<patch>\d+)(?P<rest>.*)'