diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d76c9d82d..a127c131a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [9.0.0-next.8](https://github.com/readmeio/rdme/compare/v9.0.0-next.7...v9.0.0-next.8) (2023-12-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* support `README_API_KEY` env var ([#950](https://github.com/readmeio/rdme/issues/950)) ([bcf3f18](https://github.com/readmeio/rdme/commit/bcf3f1872c0eb416d00a2d9ed434c040c9b7fbe9))
+
 # [9.0.0-next.7](https://github.com/readmeio/rdme/compare/v9.0.0-next.6...v9.0.0-next.7) (2023-11-21)
 
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 346f94b64..4fb8c5f06 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ outputs:
     description: The rdme command result output
 runs:
   using: docker
-  image: docker://ghcr.io/readmeio/rdme:9.0.0-next.7
+  image: docker://ghcr.io/readmeio/rdme:9.0.0-next.8
   args:
     - docker-gha
     - ${{ inputs.rdme }}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6dc001833..bc7b46174 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "rdme",
-  "version": "9.0.0-next.7",
+  "version": "9.0.0-next.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "rdme",
-      "version": "9.0.0-next.7",
+      "version": "9.0.0-next.8",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.6.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc6978a56..ef49ec165 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rdme",
-  "version": "9.0.0-next.7",
+  "version": "9.0.0-next.8",
   "description": "ReadMe's official CLI and GitHub Action.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "ReadMe <support@readme.io> (https://readme.com)",