diff --git a/js/data_storage.js b/js/data_storage.js
index d711bb37..a1881b31 100755
--- a/js/data_storage.js
+++ b/js/data_storage.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 var CONFIGURATOR = {
      // all versions are specified and compared using semantic versioning http://semver.org/
     'minfirmwareVersionAccepted': '7.0.0',
-    'maxFirmwareVersionAccepted': '8.0.0', // Condition is < (lt) so we accept all in 7.x branch
+    'maxFirmwareVersionAccepted': '9.0.0', // Condition is < (lt) so we accept all in 8.x branch
     'connectionValid': false,
     'connectionValidCliOnly': false,
     'cliActive': false,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5288c37b..d414ee67 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "inav-configurator",
   "description": "INAV Configurator",
-  "version": "7.0.1",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
   "main": "main.html",
   "default_locale": "en",
   "scripts": {