diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e7ca613..64f3cdd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.0"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d34261..8a24c89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/beeping-io/beeping-core/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-05-09)
+
+
+### ✨ Features
+
+* **ci:** BEE-2224 release-please uses GitHub App token ([#31](https://github.com/beeping-io/beeping-core/issues/31)) ([f30b688](https://github.com/beeping-io/beeping-core/commit/f30b688ee987b4c2065907acebfe3ccea0b49e70))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/beeping-io/beeping-core/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0) (2026-05-08)
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 97e7644..71a885e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 
 project(BeepingCore
-  VERSION 0.7.0 # x-release-please-version
+  VERSION 0.8.0 # x-release-please-version
   DESCRIPTION "C++20 library for encoding and decoding data over sound"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/beeping-io/beeping-core"
   LANGUAGES CXX