diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 828194eeac9..ab1b7e5db7c 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "useWorkspaces": true,
-  "packages": ["packages/*"],
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0"
+  "packages": [
+    "packages/*"
+  ],
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 40ce6078f0f..92fb1fa3ea4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "private": true,
   "name": "grafana",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "repository": "github:grafana/grafana",
   "scripts": {
     "api-tests": "jest --notify --watch --config=devenv/e2e-api-tests/jest.js",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/package.json b/packages/grafana-data/package.json
index 21cea1bbe38..6c884029bee 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "name": "@grafana/data",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Grafana Data Library",
   "keywords": [
     "typescript"
diff --git a/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/package.json b/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/package.json
index 5aa4e8b36bc..20fdd92a8f2 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "name": "@grafana/e2e-selectors",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Grafana End-to-End Test Selectors Library",
   "keywords": [
     "cli",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json b/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json
index 95b7ee0a9b4..d729c2a7a3b 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-e2e/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "name": "@grafana/e2e",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Grafana End-to-End Test Library",
   "keywords": [
     "cli",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "dependencies": {
     "@cypress/webpack-preprocessor": "4.1.3",
-    "@grafana/e2e-selectors": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+    "@grafana/e2e-selectors": "8.0.0-beta.1",
     "@grafana/tsconfig": "^1.0.0-rc1",
     "@mochajs/json-file-reporter": "^1.2.0",
     "blink-diff": "1.0.13",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json b/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json
index e3436bad1c8..5c5a6818475 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "name": "@grafana/runtime",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Grafana Runtime Library",
   "keywords": [
     "grafana",
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@grafana/data": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/ui": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/e2e-selectors": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+    "@grafana/data": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/e2e-selectors": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/ui": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "history": "4.10.1",
     "systemjs": "0.20.19",
-    "systemjs-plugin-css": "0.1.37",
-    "history": "4.10.1"
+    "systemjs-plugin-css": "0.1.37"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@grafana/tsconfig": "^1.0.0-rc1",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "16.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "10.0.0",
+    "@types/history": "^4.7.8",
     "@types/jest": "26.0.15",
     "@types/rollup-plugin-visualizer": "2.6.0",
     "@types/systemjs": "^0.20.6",
-    "@types/history": "^4.7.8",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "pretty-format": "25.1.0",
     "rollup": "2.33.3",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json b/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
index fe63ec50f54..313d79a2b78 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "name": "@grafana/toolkit",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Grafana Toolkit",
   "keywords": [
     "grafana",
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "7.13.14",
     "@babel/preset-env": "7.13.12",
-    "@grafana/data": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+    "@grafana/data": "8.0.0-beta.1",
     "@grafana/eslint-config": "2.4.0",
     "@grafana/tsconfig": "^1.0.0-rc1",
-    "@grafana/ui": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+    "@grafana/ui": "8.0.0-beta.1",
     "@types/command-exists": "^1.2.0",
     "@types/expect-puppeteer": "3.3.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/package.json b/packages/grafana-ui/package.json
index b6e3f8059dc..50ebc5c4e13 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "name": "@grafana/ui",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Grafana Components Library",
   "keywords": [
     "grafana",
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     "@emotion/css": "11.1.3",
     "@emotion/react": "11.1.5",
     "@grafana/aws-sdk": "0.0.3",
-    "@grafana/data": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/e2e-selectors": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+    "@grafana/data": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/e2e-selectors": "8.0.0-beta.1",
     "@grafana/slate-react": "0.22.10-grafana",
     "@grafana/tsconfig": "^1.0.0-rc1",
     "@monaco-editor/react": "4.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui-components/package.json b/packages/jaeger-ui-components/package.json
index faf1aad0881..7802b55e9ce 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui-components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jaegertracing/jaeger-ui-components",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
     "typescript": "4.2.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@emotion/react": "11.1.5",
     "@emotion/css": "11.1.3",
-    "@grafana/data": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/ui": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+    "@emotion/react": "11.1.5",
+    "@grafana/data": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/ui": "8.0.0-beta.1",
     "@types/classnames": "^2.2.7",
     "@types/deep-freeze": "^0.1.1",
     "@types/hoist-non-react-statics": "^3.3.1",
diff --git a/plugins-bundled/internal/input-datasource/package.json b/plugins-bundled/internal/input-datasource/package.json
index 62ba9a4359f..2af840aa4cb 100644
--- a/plugins-bundled/internal/input-datasource/package.json
+++ b/plugins-bundled/internal/input-datasource/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana-plugins/input-datasource",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Input Datasource",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@grafana/data": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/toolkit": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/ui": "7.5.0-pre.0"
+    "@grafana/data": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/toolkit": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/ui": "8.0.0-beta.1"
   },
   "volta": {
     "node": "12.16.2"
diff --git a/plugins-bundled/internal/marketplace-app/package.json b/plugins-bundled/internal/marketplace-app/package.json
index f100596331f..a087bbb0782 100644
--- a/plugins-bundled/internal/marketplace-app/package.json
+++ b/plugins-bundled/internal/marketplace-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana-plugins/marketplace-app",
-  "version": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Marketplace",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
   "author": "Grafana Labs",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@grafana/data": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/runtime": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/toolkit": "7.5.0-pre.0",
-    "@grafana/ui": "7.5.0-pre.0",
+    "@grafana/data": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/runtime": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/toolkit": "8.0.0-beta.1",
+    "@grafana/ui": "8.0.0-beta.1",
     "@types/semver": "^7.3.4",
     "semver": "^7.3.4"
   },