diff --git a/build2cmake/Cargo.lock b/build2cmake/Cargo.lock
index 2442e54f..20f6a5a5 100644
--- a/build2cmake/Cargo.lock
+++ b/build2cmake/Cargo.lock
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ checksum = "5c8214115b7bf84099f1309324e63141d4c5d7cc26862f97a0a857dbefe165bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "build2cmake"
-version = "0.7.0-dev0"
+version = "0.8.0-dev0"
 dependencies = [
  "base32",
  "clap",
diff --git a/build2cmake/Cargo.toml b/build2cmake/Cargo.toml
index b39a9282..9399842d 100644
--- a/build2cmake/Cargo.toml
+++ b/build2cmake/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "build2cmake"
-version = "0.7.0-dev0"
+version = "0.8.0-dev0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Generate CMake files for kernel-builder projects"
 homepage = "https://github.com/huggingface/kernel-builder"
diff --git a/docs/writing-kernels.md b/docs/writing-kernels.md
index a1a5942c..8d66db2e 100644
--- a/docs/writing-kernels.md
+++ b/docs/writing-kernels.md
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ for an example with multiple kernel sections.
 The following options can be set for a kernel:
 
 - `backend` (required): the compute backend of the kernel. The currently
-  supported backends are `cuda`, `metal`, `rocm`, and `xpu`.
+  supported backends are `cpu`, `cuda`, `metal`, `rocm`, and `xpu`.
+  **The `cpu` backend is currently experimental and might still change.**
 - `depends` (required): a list of dependencies. The supported dependencies
   are listed in [`deps.nix`](../lib/deps.nix).
 - `src` (required): a list of source files and headers.
diff --git a/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.lock b/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.lock
index eb404847..df09f751 100644
--- a/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.lock
+++ b/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.lock
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kernel-abi-check"
-version = "0.7.0-dev0"
+version = "0.8.0-dev0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kernel-abi-check-python"
-version = "0.7.0-dev0"
+version = "0.8.0-dev0"
 dependencies = [
  "kernel-abi-check",
  "object",
diff --git a/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.toml b/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
index 5190a79c..df2369a7 100644
--- a/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kernel-abi-check/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kernel-abi-check-python"
-version = "0.7.0-dev0"
+version = "0.8.0-dev0"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Check the ABI of Hub Kernels"
 homepage = "https://github.com/huggingface/kernel-builder"
diff --git a/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.lock b/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.lock
index 209b0498..be242646 100644
--- a/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.lock
+++ b/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.lock
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kernel-abi-check"
-version = "0.7.0-dev0"
+version = "0.8.0-dev0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
diff --git a/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.toml b/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.toml
index 6f16ac19..a47c749b 100644
--- a/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kernel-abi-check/kernel-abi-check/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kernel-abi-check"
-version = "0.7.0-dev0"
+version = "0.8.0-dev0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Check the ABI of Hub Kernels"
 homepage = "https://github.com/huggingface/kernel-builder"