diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41753b6b..6b099a91 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VERSION       ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
 GOPKGS         = $(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
 BUILD_FLAGS   ?=
 LDFLAGS       ?= -X github.com/grepplabs/kafka-proxy/config.Version=$(VERSION) -w -s
-TAG           ?= "v0.2.7"
+TAG           ?= "v0.2.8"
 GOARCH        ?= amd64
 GOOS          ?= linux
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5b63019..5b184b08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ See:
 
    Linux
 
-        curl -Ls https://github.com/grepplabs/kafka-proxy/releases/download/v0.2.7/kafka-proxy-v0.2.7-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
+        curl -Ls https://github.com/grepplabs/kafka-proxy/releases/download/v0.2.8/kafka-proxy-v0.2.8-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
 
    macOS
 
-        curl -Ls https://github.com/grepplabs/kafka-proxy/releases/download/v0.2.7/kafka-proxy-v0.2.7-darwin-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
+        curl -Ls https://github.com/grepplabs/kafka-proxy/releases/download/v0.2.8/kafka-proxy-v0.2.8-darwin-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
 
 2. Move the binary in to your PATH.
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Docker images are available on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/grepplabs/k
 
 You can launch a kafka-proxy container for trying it out with
 
-    docker run --rm -p 30001-30003:30001-30003 grepplabs/kafka-proxy:v0.2.7 \
+    docker run --rm -p 30001-30003:30001-30003 grepplabs/kafka-proxy:v0.2.8 \
               server \
             --bootstrap-server-mapping "localhost:19092,0.0.0.0:30001" \
             --bootstrap-server-mapping "localhost:29092,0.0.0.0:30002" \
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Docker images with precompiled plugins located in `/opt/kafka-proxy/bin/` are ta
 
 You can launch a kafka-proxy container with auth-ldap plugin for trying it out with
 
-    docker run --rm -p 30001-30003:30001-30003 grepplabs/kafka-proxy:v0.2.7-all \
+    docker run --rm -p 30001-30003:30001-30003 grepplabs/kafka-proxy:v0.2.8-all \
                   server \
                 --bootstrap-server-mapping "localhost:19092,0.0.0.0:30001" \
                 --bootstrap-server-mapping "localhost:29092,0.0.0.0:30002" \