diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e988dd34..33c1fe26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Automatically updated by
 [python-semantic-release](https://python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
 with commit parsing of [angular commits](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/DEVELOPERS.md#commits).
 
-## Unreleased
+
+## v0.8.0 (2024-08-02)
 ### 💥 Breaking Changes
 * change equivalent source param names
 
@@ -203,7 +204,6 @@ BREAKING CHANGE: parameter `constraint_block_size` changed to `constraints_block
 * misc style fixes and missing imports ([`7ff25a4`](https://github.com/mdtanker/invert4geom/commit/7ff25a40a3fa10c19908617666f9fb9fad0f64d5))
 * pre-commit fixes ([`ea59410`](https://github.com/mdtanker/invert4geom/commit/ea59410bea2bed62f93a59460449040baa88f6bf))
 
-
 ## v0.7.0 (2024-06-26)
 ### 💥 Breaking Changes
 * remove `density_contrast` parameter from `run_inversion` and extract contrast instead
@@ -546,14 +546,14 @@ To run faster, this lowers the resolution of the user guide notebooks. It also a
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
 * add zref and density args to inversion (#24)
 
-* fix: add zref and density args to inversion
-
-* fix: removes references to density and zref
-
-* fix: remove python 3.12 support, add test for 3.10
-
-* chore: specify semantic release options
-
+* fix: add zref and density args to inversion
+
+* fix: removes references to density and zref
+
+* fix: remove python 3.12 support, add test for 3.10
+
+* chore: specify semantic release options
+
 * chore: remove pypy from testing versions ([`c62f189`](https://github.com/mdtanker/invert4geom/commit/c62f1891fbbf14b9d9f092758fbf73f7b542621a))
 ### Other
 *  ([`fb5f7b2`](https://github.com/mdtanker/invert4geom/commit/fb5f7b277d0b99fc901ca07b75bae4a9853ff008))
@@ -687,12 +687,12 @@ makes release.yml run on all pushes to main instead of just published pushes. ([
 ### 🧰 Chores / Maintenance
 * trying to fix release.yml issues (#8)
 
-* chore: trying to fix reseal.yml issues
-
-* style: pre-commit fixes
-
----------
-
+* chore: trying to fix reseal.yml issues
+
+* style: pre-commit fixes
+
+---------
+
 Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci[bot] <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([`aa8760a`](https://github.com/mdtanker/invert4geom/commit/aa8760ab455060abd3998fc3ce154563080e7ec9))
 * sets up python-semantic-release (#7)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7ff076c..0fdea9f5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Typing :: Typed",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 
 keywords = ["inversion", "gravity", "geometry", "density", "Moho", "sediment", "geophysics", "geology", "geoscience"]
diff --git a/src/invert4geom/__init__.py b/src/invert4geom/__init__.py
index bcb08ec3..d07c4de6 100644
--- a/src/invert4geom/__init__.py
+++ b/src/invert4geom/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
 
 import logging