diff --git a/cfn_manage.gemspec b/cfn_manage.gemspec
index d64e85d..55006d1 100644
--- a/cfn_manage.gemspec
+++ b/cfn_manage.gemspec
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.homepage      = 'https://github.com/base2Services/cfn-start-stop-stack/blob/master/README.md'
   spec.license       = 'MIT'
   spec.executables << 'cfn_manage'
+  
+  spec.required_ruby_version = '~> 2.5'
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'aws-sdk-core', '>=3.39.0','<4'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'aws-sdk-s3', '~> 1', '<2'
diff --git a/lib/cfn_manage/version.rb b/lib/cfn_manage/version.rb
index 249ad75..72f4f86 100644
--- a/lib/cfn_manage/version.rb
+++ b/lib/cfn_manage/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module CfnManage
-  VERSION="0.7.1".freeze
+  VERSION="0.8.0".freeze
 end
diff --git a/spec/version_spec.rb b/spec/version_spec.rb
index 2c90bfa..bfecd98 100644
--- a/spec/version_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/version_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'cfn_manage/version'
 
 describe 'Version' do
-  it 'is version 0.7.1' do
-    expect(CfnManage::VERSION).to eq("0.7.1")
+  it 'is version 0.8.0' do
+    expect(CfnManage::VERSION).to eq("0.8.0")
   end
 end