diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
index 923e4b0..622a7ce 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Changes
 Release candidates
 ------------------
 
+-  rc8:
+
+   - fix issue #111: exception thrown if PDF is missing DocumentInfo dictionary
+
 -  rc7:
 
    - fix error when installing direct from pip, "no such file 'requirements.txt'"
diff --git a/ocrmypdf/main.py b/ocrmypdf/main.py
index b376bf5..b99617a 100755
--- a/ocrmypdf/main.py
+++ b/ocrmypdf/main.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def check_pil_encoder(codec_name, friendly_name):
 parser = cmdline.get_argparse(
     prog="ocrmypdf",
     description="Generate searchable PDF file from an image-only PDF file.",
-    version='3.0rc7',
+    version='3.0rc8',
     fromfile_prefix_chars='@',
     ignored_args=[
         'touch_files_only', 'recreate_database', 'checksum_file_name',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88de744..e4b525f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def check_external_program(
 
 setup(
     name='ocrmypdf',
-    version='3.0rc7',  # also update: release notes, main.py
+    version='3.0rc8',  # also update: release notes, main.py
     description='OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched',
     url='https://github.com/fritz-hh/OCRmyPDF',
     author='James. R. Barlow',