diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-convex.yml b/.github/workflows/build-convex.yml
index 1f0d162d5fcb..d71752e26b68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-convex.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-convex.yml
@@ -83,11 +83,19 @@ jobs:
             dnf -y install perl &&
             curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX: 'PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin"'
-          CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest requests
-          CIBW_TEST_SOURCES: tests
+          # 0.8.0 stopped shipping tests/ in its tags (0.7.0 had test_simple.py,
+          # test_values.py and test_version.py), and cibuildwheel errors out on a
+          # missing test source, so run what those did without the network: the
+          # extension is compiled, the Rust and Python clients construct, and the
+          # package version matches the distribution metadata.
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >-
-            python -c "import _convex._convex as m; assert m.__file__.endswith('.so'), m.__file__"
-            && python -m pytest -v tests
+            python -c "import importlib.metadata as md, _convex._convex as m, convex;
+            from _convex import PyConvexClient;
+            assert m.__file__.endswith('.so'), m.__file__;
+            assert convex.__version__ == md.version('convex'), convex.__version__;
+            PyConvexClient('https://made-up-animal.convex.cloud', convex.__version__);
+            convex.ConvexClient('https://made-up-animal.convex.cloud');
+            print('ok', convex.__version__)"
         with:
           output-dir: wheelhouse/
 
diff --git a/docs/packages/convex.yaml b/docs/packages/convex.yaml
index 3b431329c64c..b2a0d5d130d1 100644
--- a/docs/packages/convex.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/convex.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ versions:
   - filename: convex-0.7.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_38_riscv64.manylinux_2_39_riscv64.whl
     sha256: e35316428521ae044259f5166a16158af3755aedc81092b923c8dcc1f2f870e9
     requires-python: '>=3.9'
+- version: 0.8.0
+- version: 0.8.1