diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b95b8aa..d437510 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 2022-01-19
+
+* Provide a filebin `3.6.2` version utilizing PHP8
+  * Docker images with PHP8 are suffixed with `-php8`
+  * PHP8 versions will be the default for all upcoming releases `> 3.6.2` and no PHP7 version will be maintained anymore
+
 ## 2022-01-18
 
 * Updated to filebin `3.6.2`
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 19c5f47..2f62d41 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -71,30 +71,28 @@ RUN chmod -x /wait-for.sh && \
         ghostscript \
         msmtp \
         composer \
-        php7 \
-        php7-fpm \
-        php7-cli \
-        php7-intl \
-        php7-curl \
-        php7-json \
-        php7-dom \
-        php7-pcntl \
-        php7-posix \
-        php7-mcrypt \
-        php7-session \
-        php7-gd \
-        php7-exif \
-        php7-phar \
-        php7-pdo \
-        php7-pgsql \
-        php7-pdo_pgsql \
-        php7-pdo_mysql \
-        php7-mysqli \
-        php7-fileinfo \
-        php7-mbstring \
-        php7-ctype \
-        php7-ldap \
-        php7-pecl-memcached \
+        php8 \
+        php8-fpm \
+        php8-intl \
+        php8-curl \
+        php8-dom \
+        php8-pcntl \
+        php8-posix \
+        php8-pecl-mcrypt \
+        php8-session \
+        php8-gd \
+        php8-exif \
+        php8-phar \
+        php8-pdo \
+        php8-pgsql \
+        php8-pdo_pgsql \
+        php8-pdo_mysql \
+        php8-mysqli \
+        php8-fileinfo \
+        php8-mbstring \
+        php8-ctype \
+        php8-ldap \
+        php8-pecl-memcached \
         memcached \
         ca-certificates && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* && \
@@ -102,15 +100,16 @@ RUN chmod -x /wait-for.sh && \
     # prepare www dir
     cp -r /var/www/application/config/example/* /var/www/application/config && \
     # set environments
-    sed -i "s|;*memory_limit =.*|memory_limit = ${PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT}|i" /etc/php7/php.ini && \
-    sed -i "s|;*upload_max_filesize =.*|upload_max_filesize = ${MAX_UPLOAD}|i" /etc/php7/php.ini && \
-    sed -i "s|;*max_file_uploads =.*|max_file_uploads = ${PHP_MAX_FILE_UPLOAD}|i" /etc/php7/php.ini && \
-    sed -i "s|;*post_max_size =.*|post_max_size = ${PHP_MAX_POST}|i" /etc/php7/php.ini && \
-    sed -i 's+.*sendmail_path =.*+sendmail_path = "/usr/bin/msmtp -C /var/www/msmtprc --logfile /var/www/msmtp.log -a filebinmail -t"+' /etc/php7/php.ini && \
+    sed -i "s|;*memory_limit =.*|memory_limit = ${PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT}|i" /etc/php8/php.ini && \
+    sed -i "s|;*upload_max_filesize =.*|upload_max_filesize = ${MAX_UPLOAD}|i" /etc/php8/php.ini && \
+    sed -i "s|;*max_file_uploads =.*|max_file_uploads = ${PHP_MAX_FILE_UPLOAD}|i" /etc/php8/php.ini && \
+    sed -i "s|;*post_max_size =.*|post_max_size = ${PHP_MAX_POST}|i" /etc/php8/php.ini && \
+    sed -i 's+.*sendmail_path =.*+sendmail_path = "/usr/bin/msmtp -C /var/www/msmtprc --logfile /var/www/msmtp.log -a filebinmail -t"+' /etc/php8/php.ini && \
     # clean up and permissions
     rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python && \
-    chown nobody:nginx -R /var/www
+    chown nobody:nginx -R /var/www && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/php8 /usr/bin/php
 
 # Add nginx config
 ADD src/filebin.nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -129,4 +128,4 @@ ADD src/configure-mail.sh /var/www/configure-mail.sh
 ADD src/s6/ /etc/s6/
 
 # expose start
-CMD php /configure.php && exec s6-svscan /etc/s6/
+CMD /usr/bin/php /configure.php && exec s6-svscan /etc/s6/
diff --git a/src/s6/php-fpm/run b/src/s6/php-fpm/run
index 93f71b9..5295294 100755
--- a/src/s6/php-fpm/run
+++ b/src/s6/php-fpm/run
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-exec /usr/sbin/php-fpm7 --nodaemonize
+exec /usr/sbin/php-fpm8 --nodaemonize