diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 524da6f42..fc48bf7dd 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.80.0
+
 ### Breaking Changes - Fixes
 
 * 🐛 Fix `response_model` not invalidating `None`. PR [#2725](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/2725) by [@hukkin](https://github.com/hukkin).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index abcb219a9..3dc86cadf 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.79.1"
+__version__ = "0.80.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status