diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/TemplateCommandUtil.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/TemplateCommandUtil.scala
index 3102e4ee9..95866ff98 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/TemplateCommandUtil.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/TemplateCommandUtil.scala
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ libraryDependencies += (toolkitTest % Test)
   }
 
   private def typelevelToolkitTemplate(): Unit = {
-    val defaultTypelevelToolkitV = "0.0.7"
+    val defaultTypelevelToolkitV = "0.0.8"
     val scalaV = ask("Scala version", defaultScalaV)
     val toolkitV = ask("Typelevel Toolkit version", defaultTypelevelToolkitV)
     val content = s"""