diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 4af6eb36..6961dc78 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "xde",
   "productName": "Exponent XDE",
-  "version": "2.7.1",
+  "version": "2.8.0",
   "description": "The Exponent Development Environment",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@
     "react-motion": "^0.4.4",
     "react-virtualized": "^7.12.2",
     "tree-kill": "^1.1.0",
-    "xdl": "0.21.2"
+    "xdl": "0.22.0"
   }
 }