diff --git a/js/data_storage.js b/js/data_storage.js
index ecf68fda3..a31d94e75 100755
--- a/js/data_storage.js
+++ b/js/data_storage.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 var CONFIGURATOR = {
      // all versions are specified and compared using semantic versioning http://semver.org/
-    'minfirmwareVersionAccepted': '7.0.0',
+    'minfirmwareVersionAccepted': '8.0.0',
     'maxFirmwareVersionAccepted': '9.0.0', // Condition is < (lt) so we accept all in 8.x branch
     'connectionValid': false,
     'connectionValidCliOnly': false,