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 3624e09..9d6dfdf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/rstreamlabs/rstream-python/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-10-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **http:** expose optional tunnel CORS policies ([#19](https://github.com/rstreamlabs/rstream-python/issues/19)) ([06fe21c](https://github.com/rstreamlabs/rstream-python/commit/06fe21c70e24df3a61b611d8c7fbffebd065dbac))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* keep CORS guidance focused on usage ([#21](https://github.com/rstreamlabs/rstream-python/issues/21)) ([cbd572e](https://github.com/rstreamlabs/rstream-python/commit/cbd572ebc2806e4f43848d65fde6cb0555d4f329))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/rstreamlabs/rstream-python/compare/v0.6.1...v0.7.0) (2026-10-10)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46e9810..f89dca5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "rstreamlabs-rstream"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Python SDK for rstream tunnels."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"