diff --git a/Linux-mac-install.md b/Linux-mac-install.md
index bb8f0b5f..2c82d003 100644
--- a/Linux-mac-install.md
+++ b/Linux-mac-install.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Linux and macOS Installation Tutorial for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
-The following instructions assume a clean environment and show how to install PHP 7.2+, the Microsoft ODBC driver, the Apache web server, and the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04, RedHat 7 and 8, Debian 9 and 10, Suse 12 and 15, Alpine 3.11 and 3.12, and macOS 10.13, 10.14, and 10.15. These instructions advise installing the drivers using PECL, but you can also download the prebuilt binaries from the [Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/releases) Github project page and install them following the instructions in [Loading the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/loading-the-php-sql-driver). For an explanation of extension loading and why we do not add the extensions to php.ini, see the section on [loading the drivers](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/loading-the-php-sql-driver#loading-the-driver-at-php-startup).
+The following instructions assume a clean environment and show how to install PHP 7.3+, the Microsoft ODBC driver, the Apache web server, and the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04, RedHat 7 and 8, Debian 9 and 10, Suse 12 and 15, Alpine 3.11 and 3.12, and macOS 10.13, 10.14, and 10.15. These instructions advise installing the drivers using PECL, but you can also download the prebuilt binaries from the [Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/releases) Github project page and install them following the instructions in [Loading the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/loading-the-php-sql-driver). For an explanation of extension loading and why we do not add the extensions to php.ini, see the section on [loading the drivers](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/loading-the-php-sql-driver#loading-the-driver-at-php-startup).
 
-The following instructions install PHP 7.4 by default using `pecl install`. You may need to run `pecl channel-update pecl.php.net` first. Note that some supported Linux distros default to PHP 7.1 or earlier, which is not supported for the latest version of the PHP drivers for SQL Server -- please see the notes at the beginning of each section to install PHP 7.2 or 7.3 instead.
+The following instructions install PHP 8.0 by default using `pecl install` if PHP 8.0 packages are available. You may need to run `pecl channel-update pecl.php.net` first. Note that some supported Linux distros default to PHP 7.1 or earlier, which is not supported for the latest version of the PHP drivers for SQL Server -- please see the notes at the beginning of each section to install PHP 7.4 or 7.3 instead.
 
 Also included are instructions for installing the PHP FastCGI Process Manager, PHP-FPM, on Ubuntu. This is needed if using the nginx web server instead of Apache.
 
 ## Contents of this page:
 
-- [Installing the drivers on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 19.10](#installing-the-drivers-on-ubuntu-1604-1804-and-1910)
+- [Installing the drivers on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04](#installing-the-drivers-on-ubuntu-1604-1804-and-2004)
 - [Installing the drivers with PHP-FPM on Ubuntu](#installing-the-drivers-with-php-fpm-on-ubuntu)
 - [Installing the drivers on Red Hat 7 and 8](#installing-the-drivers-on-red-hat-7-and-8)
 - [Installing the drivers on Debian 9 and 10](#installing-the-drivers-on-debian-9-and-10)
@@ -15,30 +15,30 @@ Also included are instructions for installing the PHP FastCGI Process Manager, P
 - [Installing the drivers on Alpine 3.11 and 3.12](#installing-the-drivers-on-alpine-311-and-312)
 - [Installing the drivers on macOS High Sierra, Mojave, and Catalina](#installing-the-drivers-on-macos-high-sierra-mojave-and-catalina)
 
-## Installing the drivers on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 19.10
+## Installing the drivers on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> To install PHP 7.2 or 7.3, replace 7.4 with 7.2 or 7.3 in the following commands.
+> To install PHP 7.4 or 7.3, replace 8.0 with 7.4 or 7.3 in the following commands.
 
 ### Step 1. Install PHP
 ```bash
 sudo su
 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
 apt-get update
-apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-dev php7.4-xml -y --allow-unauthenticated
+apt-get install php8.0 php8.0-dev php8.0-xml -y --allow-unauthenticated
 ```
 ### Step 2. Install prerequisites
-Install the ODBC driver for Ubuntu by following the instructions on the [Linux and macOS installation page](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server).
+Install the ODBC driver for Ubuntu by following the instructions on [Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15).
 
 ### Step 3. Install the PHP drivers for Microsoft SQL Server
 ```
-sudo pecl install sqlsrv
-sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo pecl install sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
+sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
 sudo su
-printf "; priority=20\nextension=sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini
-printf "; priority=30\nextension=pdo_sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
+printf "; priority=20\nextension=sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini
+printf "; priority=30\nextension=pdo_sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
 exit
-sudo phpenmod -v 7.4 sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo phpenmod -v 8.0 sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
 ```
 
 If there is only one PHP version in the system, then the last step can be simplified to `phpenmod sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv`.
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ If there is only one PHP version in the system, then the last step can be simpli
 ### Step 4. Install Apache and configure driver loading
 ```
 sudo su
-apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.4 apache2
+apt-get install libapache2-mod-php8.0 apache2
 a2dismod mpm_event
 a2enmod mpm_prefork
-a2enmod php7.4
+a2enmod php8.0
 exit
 ```
 ### Step 5. Restart Apache and test the sample script
@@ -61,42 +61,42 @@ To test your installation, see [Testing your installation](#testing-your-install
 ## Installing the drivers with PHP-FPM on Ubuntu
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> To install PHP 7.2 or 7.3, replace 7.4 with 7.2 or 7.3 in the following commands.
+> To install PHP 7.4 or 7.3, replace 8.0 with 7.4 or 7.3 in the following commands.
 
 ### Step 1. Install PHP
 ```bash
 sudo su
 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
 apt-get update
-apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-dev php7.4-xml php7.4-fpm -y --allow-unauthenticated
+apt-get install php8.0 php8.0-dev php8.0-xml -y --allow-unauthenticated
 ```
 Verify the status of the PHP-FPM service by running
 ```
-systemctl status php7.4-fpm
+systemctl status php8.0-fpm
 ```
 ### Step 2. Install prerequisites
-Install the ODBC driver for Ubuntu by following the instructions on the [Linux and macOS installation page](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server).
+Install the ODBC driver for Ubuntu by following the instructions on [Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15).
 
 ### Step 3. Install the PHP drivers for Microsoft SQL Server
 ```
-sudo pecl config-set php_ini /etc/php/7.3/fpm/php.ini
-sudo pecl install sqlsrv
-sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo pecl config-set php_ini /etc/php/8.0/fpm/php.ini
+sudo pecl install sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
+sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
 sudo su
-printf "; priority=20\nextension=sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini
-printf "; priority=30\nextension=pdo_sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
+printf "; priority=20\nextension=sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini
+printf "; priority=30\nextension=pdo_sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
 exit
-sudo phpenmod -v 7.4 sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo phpenmod -v 8.0 sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
 ```
 If there is only one PHP version in the system, then the last step can be simplified to `phpenmod sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv`.
 
-Verify that `sqlsrv.ini` and `pdo_sqlsrv.ini` are located in `/etc/php/7.4/fpm/conf.d/`:
+Verify that `sqlsrv.ini` and `pdo_sqlsrv.ini` are located in `/etc/php/8.0/fpm/conf.d/`:
 ```
-ls /etc/php/7.4/fpm/conf.d/*sqlsrv.ini
+ls /etc/php/8.0/fpm/conf.d/*sqlsrv.ini
 ```
 Restart the PHP-FPM service:
 ```
-sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm
+sudo systemctl restart php8.0-fpm
 ```
 
 ### Step 4. Install and configure nginx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Next, modify the section following `# pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server` as fol
 #
 location ~ \.php$ {
         include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
-        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
+        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.0-fpm.sock;
 }
 ```
 ### Step 5. Restart nginx and test the sample script
@@ -131,40 +131,40 @@ To test your installation, see [Testing your installation](#testing-your-install
 
 To install PHP on Red Hat 7, run the following:
 > [!NOTE]
-> To install PHP 7.2 or 7.3, replace remi-php74 with remi-php72 or remi-php73 respectively in the following commands.
+> To install PHP 7.4 or 7.3, replace remi-php80 with remi-php74 or remi-php73 respectively in the following commands.
 ```
 sudo su
 yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
 yum install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
 subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
 yum install yum-utils
-yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74
+yum-config-manager --enable remi-php80
 yum update
 yum install php php-pdo php-xml php-pear php-devel re2c gcc-c++ gcc
 ```
 
 To install PHP on Red Hat 8, run the following:
 > [!NOTE]
-> To install PHP 7.2 or 7.3, replace remi-7.4 with remi-7.2 or remi-7.3 respectively in the following commands.
+> To install PHP 7.4 or 7.3, replace remi-8.0 with remi-7.4 or remi-7.3 respectively in the following commands.
 ```
 sudo su
 dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
 dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
 dnf install yum-utils
 dnf module reset php
-dnf module install php:remi-7.4
+dnf module install php:remi-8.0
 subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
 dnf update
 dnf install php-pdo php-pear php-devel
 ```
 
 ### Step 2. Install prerequisites
-Install the ODBC driver for Red Hat 7 or 8 by following the instructions on the [Linux and macOS installation page](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server).
+Install the ODBC driver for Red Hat 7 or 8 by following the instructions on [Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15).
 
 ### Step 3. Install the PHP drivers for Microsoft SQL Server
 ```
-sudo pecl install sqlsrv
-sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo pecl install sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
+sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
 sudo su
 echo extension=pdo_sqlsrv.so >> `php --ini | grep "Scan for additional .ini files" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`/30-pdo_sqlsrv.ini
 echo extension=sqlsrv.so >> `php --ini | grep "Scan for additional .ini files" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`/20-sqlsrv.ini
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ To test your installation, see [Testing your installation](#testing-your-install
 ## Installing the drivers on Debian 9 and 10
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> To install PHP 7.2 or 7.3, replace 7.4 in the following commands with 7.2 or 7.3.
+> To install PHP 7.4 or 7.3, replace 8.0 in the following commands with 7.4 or 7.3.
 
 ### Step 1. Install PHP
 ```
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ apt-get install curl apt-transport-https
 wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
 echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
 apt-get update
-apt-get install -y php7.4 php7.4-dev php7.4-xml php7.4-intl
+apt-get install -y php8.0 php8.0-dev php8.0-xml php8.0-intl
 ```
 ### Step 2. Install prerequisites
-Install the ODBC driver for Debian by following the instructions on the [Linux and macOS installation page](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server). 
+Install the ODBC driver for Debian by following the instructions on [Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15). 
 
 You may also need to generate the correct locale to get PHP output to display correctly in a browser. For example, for the en_US UTF-8 locale, run the following commands:
 ```
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ You may need to add `/usr/sbin` to your `$PATH`, as the `locale-gen` executable
 
 ### Step 3. Install the PHP drivers for Microsoft SQL Server
 ```
-sudo pecl install sqlsrv
-sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo pecl install sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
+sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
 sudo su
-printf "; priority=20\nextension=sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini
-printf "; priority=30\nextension=pdo_sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
+printf "; priority=20\nextension=sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini
+printf "; priority=30\nextension=pdo_sqlsrv.so\n" > /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
 exit
-sudo phpenmod -v 7.4 sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo phpenmod -v 8.0 sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
 ```
 
 If there is only one PHP version in the system, then the last step can be simplified to `phpenmod sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv`. As with `locale-gen`, `phpenmod` is located in `/usr/sbin` so you may need to add this directory to your `$PATH`.
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@ If there is only one PHP version in the system, then the last step can be simpli
 ### Step 4. Install Apache and configure driver loading
 ```
 sudo su
-apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.4 apache2
+apt-get install libapache2-mod-php8.0 apache2
 a2dismod mpm_event
 a2enmod mpm_prefork
-a2enmod php7.4
+a2enmod php8.0
 ```
 ### Step 5. Restart Apache and test the sample script
 ```
@@ -244,12 +244,10 @@ To test your installation, see [Testing your installation](#testing-your-install
 ## Installing the drivers on Suse 12 and 15
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> In the following instructions, replace `<SuseVersion>` with your version of Suse - if you are using Suse Enterprise Linux 15, it will be SLE_15 or SLE_15_SP1. For Suse 12, use SLE_12_SP4 (or above if applicable). Not all versions of PHP are available for all versions of Suse Linux - please refer to `http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php` to see which versions of Suse have the default version PHP available, or to `http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php:/` to see which other versions of PHP are available for which versions of Suse.
+> In the following instructions, replace `<SuseVersion>` with your version of Suse - if you are using Suse Enterprise Linux 15, it will be SLE_15_SP1 or SLE_15_SP2. For Suse 12, use SLE_12_SP4 (or above if applicable). Not all versions of PHP are available for all versions of Suse Linux - please refer to `http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php` to see which versions of Suse have the default version PHP available, or check `http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php:/` to see which other versions of PHP are available for which versions of Suse.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Packages for PHP 7.4 are not available for Suse 12. 
-> To install PHP 7.2, replace the repository URL below with the following URL:
-      `https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php:/php72/<SuseVersion>/devel:languages:php:php72.repo`.
+> Packages for PHP 7.4 or above are not available for Suse 12 and Package for PHP 8.0 is not yet available for Suse 15.
 > To install PHP 7.3, replace the repository URL below with the following URL:
       `https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php:/php73/<SuseVersion>/devel:languages:php:php73.repo`.
 
@@ -261,15 +259,15 @@ zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
 zypper -n install php7 php7-devel php7-openssl
 ```
 ### Step 2. Install prerequisites
-Install the ODBC driver for Suse by following the instructions on the [Linux and macOS installation page](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server).
+Install the ODBC driver for Suse by following the instructions on [Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15).
 
 ### Step 3. Install the PHP drivers for Microsoft SQL Server
 > [!NOTE]
 > If you get an error message saying `Connection to 'pecl.php.net:443' failed: Unable to find the socket transport "ssl"`, edit the pecl script at /usr/bin/pecl and remove the `-n` switch in the last line. This switch prevents PECL from loading ini files when PHP is called, which prevents the OpenSSL extension from loading.
 
 ```
-sudo pecl install sqlsrv
-sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo pecl install sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
+sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
 sudo su
 echo extension=pdo_sqlsrv.so >> `php --ini | grep "Scan for additional .ini files" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`/pdo_sqlsrv.ini
 echo extension=sqlsrv.so >> `php --ini | grep "Scan for additional .ini files" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`/sqlsrv.ini
@@ -307,12 +305,12 @@ apk update
 apk add php7 php7-dev php7-pear php7-pdo php7-openssl autoconf make g++
 ```
 ### Step 2. Install prerequisites
-Install the ODBC driver for Alpine by following the instructions on the [Linux and macOS installation page](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server). 
+Install the ODBC driver for Alpine by following the instructions on [Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15). 
 
 ### Step 3. Install the PHP drivers for Microsoft SQL Server
 ```
-sudo pecl install sqlsrv
-sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo pecl install sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
+sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
 sudo su
 echo extension=pdo_sqlsrv.so >> `php --ini | grep "Scan for additional .ini files" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`/10_pdo_sqlsrv.ini
 echo extension=sqlsrv.so >> `php --ini | grep "Scan for additional .ini files" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`/00_sqlsrv.ini
@@ -337,22 +335,23 @@ If you do not already have it, install brew as follows:
 ```
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> To install PHP 7.2 or 7.3, replace php@7.4 with php@7.2 or php@7.3 respectively in the following commands.
+> To install PHP 7.4 or 7.3, replace php@8.0 with php@7.4 or php@7.3 respectively in the following commands.
 
 ### Step 1. Install PHP
 
 ```
 brew tap
 brew tap homebrew/core
-brew install php@7.4
+brew install php@8.0
 ```
 PHP should now be in your path -- run `php -v` to verify that you are running the correct version of PHP. If PHP is not in your path or it is not the correct version, run the following:
 ```
-brew link --force --overwrite php@7.4
+brew link --force --overwrite php@8.0
 ```
 
 ### Step 2. Install prerequisites
-Install the ODBC driver for macOS by following the instructions on the [Linux and macOS installation page](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server). 
+Install the ODBC driver for macOS by following the instructions on [Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (macOS)](
+https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/install-microsoft-odbc-driver-sql-server-macos?view=sql-server-ver15). 
 
 In addition, you may need to install the GNU make tools:
 ```
@@ -361,8 +360,8 @@ brew install autoconf automake libtool
 
 ### Step 3. Install the PHP drivers for Microsoft SQL Server
 ```
-sudo pecl install sqlsrv
-sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv
+sudo pecl install sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
+sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv-5.9.0beta2
 ```
 ### Step 4. Install Apache and configure driver loading
 ```
@@ -374,7 +373,7 @@ To find the Apache configuration file, `httpd.conf`, for your Apache installatio
 ``` 
 The following commands append the required configuration to `httpd.conf`. Be sure to substitute the path returned by the preceding command in place of `/usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf`:
 ```
-echo "LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/php@7.4/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so" >> /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
+echo "LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/php@8.0/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so" >> /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
 (echo "<FilesMatch .php$>"; echo "SetHandler application/x-httpd-php"; echo "</FilesMatch>";) >> /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
 ```
 ### Step 5. Restart Apache and test the sample script
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b937e5a..b1670468 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for Microsoft SQL Server are PHP extensions that allow for the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. The SQLSRV extension provides a procedural interface while the PDO_SQLSRV extension implements PHP Data Objects (PDO) for accessing data in all editions of SQL Server 2012 and later (including Azure SQL DB). These drivers rely on the [Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server][odbcdoc] to handle the low-level communication with SQL Server.
 
-This release contains the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers for PHP 7.2+ with improvements on both drivers and some limitations. Upcoming [releases][releases] will contain additional functionalities, bug fixes, and more.
+This release contains the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers for PHP 7.3+ with improvements on both drivers and some limitations. Upcoming [releases][releases] will contain additional functionalities, bug fixes, and more.
 
 ## Take our survey
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Azure Pipelines       | AppVeyor (Windows)       | Travis CI (Linux)        | Co
 For full details on the system requirements for the drivers, see the [system requirements](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/system-requirements-for-the-php-sql-driver) on Microsoft Docs.
 
 On the client machine:
-- PHP 7.2.x (7.2.0 and up on Unix, 7.2.1 and up on Windows), 7.3.x, or 7.4.x
+- 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 8.0.x
 - [Microsoft ODBC Driver 17, Microsoft ODBC Driver 13, or Microsoft ODBC Driver 11][odbcdoc]
 - If using a Web server such as Internet Information Services (IIS) or Apache, it must be configured to run PHP
 
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH,
  
 The version number may have trailing pre-release version identifiers to indicate the stability and/or build metadata.
 
-- Pre-release version is denoted by a hyphen followed by `preview` or `RC` and may be followed by a series of dot separated identifiers. Production quality releases do not contain the pre-release version. `preview` has lower precedence than `RC`. Example of precedence: *preview < preview.1 < RC < RC.1*. Note that the PECL package version numbers do not have the hyphen before the pre-release version, owing to restrictions in PECL. Example of a PECL package version number: 1.2.3preview
-- Build metadata may be denoted by a plus sign followed by 4 or 5 digits, such as  `1.2.3-preview+5678` or `1.2.3+5678`. Build metadata does not figure into the precedence order.
+- Pre-release version is denoted by a hyphen followed by `beta` or `RC` followed by a number. Production quality releases do not contain the pre-release version. `beta` has lower precedence than `RC`. Note that the PECL package version numbers do not have the hyphen before the pre-release version, owing to restrictions in PECL. An example of a PECL package version is `5.9.0beta2`.
+- Build metadata may be denoted by a plus sign followed by a number of digits, such as `5.9.0-beta2+13930`. Build metadata does not affect the precedence order.
 
 ## Future Plans
 - Expand SQL Server feature support (example: Azure Active Directory, Always Encrypted, etc.)
diff --git a/source/shared/version.h b/source/shared/version.h
index 9ea65beb..d8bf6ac0 100644
--- a/source/shared/version.h
+++ b/source/shared/version.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #define _FILEVERSION            SQLVERSION_MAJOR,SQLVERSION_MINOR,SQLVERSION_PATCH,SQLVERSION_BUILD
 
 // PECL package version macros ('-' or '+' is not allowed)
-#define PHP_SQLSRV_VERSION      "5.9.0-beta2"
-#define PHP_PDO_SQLSRV_VERSION  "5.9.0-beta2"
+#define PHP_SQLSRV_VERSION      "5.9.0beta2"
+#define PHP_PDO_SQLSRV_VERSION  "5.9.0beta2"
 
 #endif // VERSION_H