diff --git a/backend/stakepoold/rpc/rpcserver/server.go b/backend/stakepoold/rpc/rpcserver/server.go
index 43a0c44a..a984a99e 100644
--- a/backend/stakepoold/rpc/rpcserver/server.go
+++ b/backend/stakepoold/rpc/rpcserver/server.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ const (
 	// collection cycle to also trigger a timeout but the current allocation
 	// pattern of stakepoold is not known to cause such conditions at this time.
 	GRPCCommandTimeout = time.Millisecond * 100
-	semverString       = "7.0.0"
-	semverMajor        = 7
+	semverString       = "8.0.0"
+	semverMajor        = 8
 	semverMinor        = 0
 	semverPatch        = 0
 )
diff --git a/stakepooldclient/stakepooldclient.go b/stakepooldclient/stakepooldclient.go
index 58b2a118..5a5b34b8 100644
--- a/stakepooldclient/stakepooldclient.go
+++ b/stakepooldclient/stakepooldclient.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	requiredStakepooldAPI = semver{major: 7, minor: 0, patch: 0}
+	requiredStakepooldAPI = semver{major: 8, minor: 0, patch: 0}
 	// cacheTimerStakeInfo is the duration of time after which to
 	// access the wallet and update the stake information instead
 	// of returning cached stake information.