diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index bdfd3834ab95e033718ada53dfce930048fcc02d..3ac05970c8d5fc8fc1501e17be354286cd1b5575 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.8
+---
+* Use `transformers-compat` to allow support for `ExceptT` even on older `transformers` versions.
+
 0.7
 ---
 * `stm` support
diff --git a/exceptions.cabal b/exceptions.cabal
index f2dad4a45f2244448b808f425d5608acce6703c8..86ca5fea05a3b9f684a8e179ccc7503a2dcfe3da 100644
--- a/exceptions.cabal
+++ b/exceptions.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          exceptions
 category:      Control, Exceptions, Monad
-version:       0.7
+version:       0.8
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 license:       BSD3
 license-file:  LICENSE