diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d42240..6f45ce0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class CustomDevelopCommand(develop):
             self.run_command('download_db')
 
 
-requirements = ['ftfy >= 3, < 4']
+requirements = ['ftfy >= 4']
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
     requirements.append('functools32')
 
diff --git a/wordfreq/config.py b/wordfreq/config.py
index fe96869..5448d77 100644
--- a/wordfreq/config.py
+++ b/wordfreq/config.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DB_DIR = (os.environ.get('WORDFREQ_DATA')
           or os.path.expanduser('~/.cache/wordfreq'))
 
 # When the minor version number increments, the data may change.
-VERSION = '0.7.0'
+VERSION = '0.8.0'
 MINOR_VERSION = '.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:2])
 
 # Put these options together to make a database filename.