diff --git a/codegen/Cargo.toml b/codegen/Cargo.toml
index a1dacbf..57c9166 100644
--- a/codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "amq-protocol-codegen"
-version       = "7.2.0"
+version       = "8.0.0-alpha.1"
 edition       = "2021"
 authors       = ["Marc-Antoine Perennou <%arc-Antoine@Perennou.com>"]
 description   = "AMQP specifications - codegen"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ handlebars = "^5.0"
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 
 [dependencies.amq-protocol-types]
-version = "=7.2.0"
+version = "=8.0.0-alpha.1"
 path    = "../types"
 
 [dependencies.serde]
diff --git a/protocol/Cargo.toml b/protocol/Cargo.toml
index ed1826d..e039f16 100644
--- a/protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "amq-protocol"
-version       = "7.2.0"
+version       = "8.0.0-alpha.1"
 edition       = "2021"
 authors       = ["Marc-Antoine Perennou <%arc-Antoine@Perennou.com>"]
 description   = "AMQP specifications"
@@ -33,21 +33,21 @@ rustls--aws_lc_rs         = ["amq-protocol-tcp/rustls--aws_lc_rs"] # default, bu
 rustls--ring              = ["amq-protocol-tcp/rustls--ring"] # more compatible, (e.g., easily builds on Windows)
 
 [build-dependencies.amq-protocol-codegen]
-version  = "=7.2.0"
+version  = "=8.0.0-alpha.1"
 path     = "../codegen"
 optional = true
 
 [dependencies.amq-protocol-tcp]
-version          = "=7.2.0"
+version          = "=8.0.0-alpha.1"
 default-features = false
 path             = "../tcp"
 
 [dependencies.amq-protocol-types]
-version = "=7.2.0"
+version = "=8.0.0-alpha.1"
 path    = "../types"
 
 [dependencies.amq-protocol-uri]
-version = "=7.2.0"
+version = "=8.0.0-alpha.1"
 path    = "../uri"
 
 [dependencies.cookie-factory]
diff --git a/tcp/Cargo.toml b/tcp/Cargo.toml
index 22c3400..bbf7125 100644
--- a/tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "amq-protocol-tcp"
-version       = "7.2.0"
+version       = "8.0.0-alpha.1"
 edition       = "2021"
 authors       = ["Marc-Antoine Perennou <%arc-Antoine@Perennou.com>"]
 description   = "AMQP URI TCP connection handling"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rustls--aws_lc_rs         = ["tcp-stream/rustls--aws_lc_rs"] # default, but does
 rustls--ring              = ["tcp-stream/rustls--ring"] # more compatible, (e.g., easily builds on Windows)
 
 [dependencies.amq-protocol-uri]
-version = "=7.2.0"
+version = "=8.0.0-alpha.1"
 path    = "../uri"
 
 [dependencies.tcp-stream]
diff --git a/types/Cargo.toml b/types/Cargo.toml
index 872605e..a210db2 100644
--- a/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "amq-protocol-types"
-version       = "7.2.0"
+version       = "8.0.0-alpha.1"
 edition       = "2021"
 authors       = ["Marc-Antoine Perennou <%arc-Antoine@Perennou.com>"]
 description   = "AMQP specifications - types"
diff --git a/uri/Cargo.toml b/uri/Cargo.toml
index 233e0ee..1b07c58 100644
--- a/uri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/uri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "amq-protocol-uri"
-version       = "7.2.0"
+version       = "8.0.0-alpha.1"
 edition       = "2021"
 authors       = ["Marc-Antoine Perennou <%arc-Antoine@Perennou.com>"]
 description   = "AMQP URI manipulation"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rust-version  = "1.63.0"
 name = "amq_protocol_uri"
 
 [dependencies.amq-protocol-types]
-version = "=7.2.0"
+version = "=8.0.0-alpha.1"
 path    = "../types"
 
 [dependencies]