diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 77c0d29..d6a5f76 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 17bde30..6756ad0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) and
 
 From v0.2.1 onwards, entries in this file are generated by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) from conventional commits; earlier entries (v0.2.0 and below) were written by hand.
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-07-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* spell out dev acronyms espeak mispronounces in normalize ([#37](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/issues/37)) ([15de2e7](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/commit/15de2e7e68bfa255a476523185437b674388aa68))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* smoother streaming start via one persistent output stream ([#35](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/issues/35)) ([b24f1ed](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/commit/b24f1edc35a0a17a8977b0a8288951d5660a6347))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0) (2026-07-09)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbb672b..8b18740 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "stackvox"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Offline TTS library using Kokoro-82M"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"