diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49f466ee6..e4369f5b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = [".", "examples/opentelemetry", "examples/custom-root-span"]
 
 [package]
 name = "tracing-actix-web"
-version = "0.5.1-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-beta.8"
 authors = ["Luca Palmieri <rust@lpalmieri.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9870db970..fdc840b3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Add `tracing-actix-web` to your dependencies:
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
 # ...
-tracing-actix-web = "0.5.0-beta.7"
+tracing-actix-web = "0.5.0-beta.8"
 tracing = "0.1"
 actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.18"
 ```
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c2c6cce34..92f86499c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies]
 //! # ...
-//! tracing-actix-web = "0.5.0-beta.7"
+//! tracing-actix-web = "0.5.0-beta.8"
 //! tracing = "0.1"
 //! actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.18"
 //! ```