diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 3b13d85..448dc4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+Libraries 8.x-3.x, xxxx-xx-xx
+-----------------------------
+
 Libraries 7.x-3.x, xxxx-xx-xx
 -----------------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/Drupal/libraries/Library/LibraryBase.php b/lib/Drupal/libraries/Library/LibraryBase.php
index 54ac1e6..283c6c4 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/libraries/Library/LibraryBase.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/libraries/Library/LibraryBase.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\libraries\Library;
 
-use Drupal\libraries\Library\Exception\LibraryVersionUndeterminedException
+use Drupal\libraries\Library\Exception\LibraryVersionUndeterminedException;
 
 /**
  * Defines a base library for typical implementations.
diff --git a/libraries.info b/libraries.info
index 725ac95..6f848ca 100644
--- a/libraries.info
+++ b/libraries.info
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 name = Libraries
 description = Allows version dependent and shared usage of external libraries.
-core = 7.x
-dependencies[] = classloader
+core = 8.x
 dependencies[] = system_stream_wrapper
diff --git a/libraries.module b/libraries.module
index 0ddb0ef..b73b0f0 100644
--- a/libraries.module
+++ b/libraries.module
@@ -552,6 +552,43 @@ function libraries_detect($name) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Gets the version information from an arbitrary library.
+ *
+ * This function is being replaced in Drupal/libraries/Library/LibraryBase
+ * however that abstract class does not seem to be used anywhere.
+ *
+ * @param $library
+ * @param $file
+ * @param $pattern
+ * @param int $lines
+ * @param int $cols
+ * @return mixed
+ */
+function libraries_get_version($library, $arguments) { //$file, $pattern, $lines = 20, $cols = 200) {
+  extract($arguments);
+  if (empty($lines)) {
+    $lines = 20;
+  }
+  if (empty($cols)) {
+    $cols = 200;
+  }
+
+  $file = DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $library['library path'] . '/' . $file;
+  if (!file_exists($file)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  $file = fopen($file, 'r');
+  while ($lines && $line = fgets($file, $cols)) {
+    if (preg_match($pattern, $line, $version)) {
+      fclose($file);
+      return $version[1];
+    }
+    $lines--;
+  }
+  fclose($file);
+}
+
+/**
  * Loads a library.
  *
  * @param $name
@@ -575,13 +612,14 @@ function libraries_load($name, $variant = NULL) {
   $loaded = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, array());
 
   if (!isset($loaded[$name])) {
-    $library = cache_get($name, 'cache_libraries');
-    if ($library) {
+
+    if ($library = cache($name)->get('cache_libraries')) {
       $library = $library->data;
     }
     else {
       $library = libraries_detect($name);
-      cache_set($name, $library, 'cache_libraries');
+      $cache = cache($name);
+      $cache->set('cache_libraries', $library);
     }
 
     // If a variant was specified, override the top-level properties with the