diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 682799be91..e602acc144 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## [Talos 1.8.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.8.0-alpha.2) (2024-08-30)
+## [Talos 1.8.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.8.0-alpha.2) (2024-09-02)
 
 Welcome to the v1.8.0-alpha.2 release of Talos!  
 *This is a pre-release of Talos*
@@ -264,9 +264,11 @@ Linux arm64 kernel is now compressed (previously it was uncompressed).
 * looklose
 
 ### Changes
-<details><summary>277 commits</summary>
+<details><summary>279 commits</summary>
 <p>
 
+* [`6f7c3a8e5`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/6f7c3a8e5c6311bf1a2f9b1cbc6cd02d48746e02) fix: build of talosctl on non-Linux arches
+* [`f0a59cec7`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/f0a59cec71739dd377082b0279684bb6ce46a0db) release(v1.8.0-alpha.2): prepare release
 * [`c8aed3be4`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/c8aed3be4db9f4a510ddddb4c4baeff83432ee1f) fix: correctly add console args for ttyS0
 * [`b453385bd`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/b453385bd960cacc4baf43ff274a5c88e46d5f79) feat: support volume configuration, provisioning, etc
 * [`b6b16b35f`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/b6b16b35fbccc861410f53bc29ad4cade962f1d6) chore: pause sequencer when talos installed and iso booted
@@ -548,9 +550,11 @@ Linux arm64 kernel is now compressed (previously it was uncompressed).
 </details>
 
 ### Changes since v1.8.0-alpha.1
-<details><summary>111 commits</summary>
+<details><summary>113 commits</summary>
 <p>
 
+* [`6f7c3a8e5`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/6f7c3a8e5c6311bf1a2f9b1cbc6cd02d48746e02) fix: build of talosctl on non-Linux arches
+* [`f0a59cec7`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/f0a59cec71739dd377082b0279684bb6ce46a0db) release(v1.8.0-alpha.2): prepare release
 * [`c8aed3be4`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/c8aed3be4db9f4a510ddddb4c4baeff83432ee1f) fix: correctly add console args for ttyS0
 * [`b453385bd`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/b453385bd960cacc4baf43ff274a5c88e46d5f79) feat: support volume configuration, provisioning, etc
 * [`b6b16b35f`](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/commit/b6b16b35fbccc861410f53bc29ad4cade962f1d6) chore: pause sequencer when talos installed and iso booted
@@ -966,7 +970,7 @@ Linux arm64 kernel is now compressed (previously it was uncompressed).
 * **github.com/siderolabs/pkgs**                        v1.7.0-6-g29106c0 -> v1.8.0-alpha.0-54-g4ce5bc6
 * **github.com/siderolabs/protoenc**                    v0.2.1 **_new_**
 * **github.com/siderolabs/siderolink**                  v0.3.5 -> v0.3.9
-* **github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery**         v1.7.0 -> v1.8.0-alpha.1
+* **github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery**         v1.7.0 -> v1.8.0-alpha.2
 * **github.com/siderolabs/tools**                       v1.7.0-1-g10b2a69 -> v1.8.0
 * **github.com/spf13/cobra**                            v1.8.0 -> v1.8.1
 * **github.com/vishvananda/netlink**                    v1.2.1-beta.2 -> v1.3.0
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/tag b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/tag
index 22908a2f7a..6ffb894d7f 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/tag
+++ b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/tag
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.8.0-alpha.1
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+v1.8.0-alpha.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/website/content/v1.8/reference/cli.md b/website/content/v1.8/reference/cli.md
index 412a4b3bac..6ff714287e 100644
--- a/website/content/v1.8/reference/cli.md
+++ b/website/content/v1.8/reference/cli.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ talosctl cluster create [flags]
       --bad-rtc                                  launch VM with bad RTC state (QEMU only)
       --cidr string                              CIDR of the cluster network (IPv4, ULA network for IPv6 is derived in automated way) (default "10.5.0.0/24")
       --cni-bin-path strings                     search path for CNI binaries (VM only) (default [/home/user/.talos/cni/bin])
-      --cni-bundle-url string                    URL to download CNI bundle from (VM only) (default "https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/v1.8.0-alpha.1/talosctl-cni-bundle-${ARCH}.tar.gz")
+      --cni-bundle-url string                    URL to download CNI bundle from (VM only) (default "https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/v1.8.0-alpha.2/talosctl-cni-bundle-${ARCH}.tar.gz")
       --cni-cache-dir string                     CNI cache directory path (VM only) (default "/home/user/.talos/cni/cache")
       --cni-conf-dir string                      CNI config directory path (VM only) (default "/home/user/.talos/cni/conf.d")
       --config-patch stringArray                 patch generated machineconfigs (applied to all node types), use @file to read a patch from file
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ talosctl upgrade [flags]
       --debug                debug operation from kernel logs. --wait is set to true when this flag is set
   -f, --force                force the upgrade (skip checks on etcd health and members, might lead to data loss)
   -h, --help                 help for upgrade
-  -i, --image string         the container image to use for performing the install (default "ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:v1.8.0-alpha.1")
+  -i, --image string         the container image to use for performing the install (default "ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:v1.8.0-alpha.2")
       --insecure             upgrade using the insecure (encrypted with no auth) maintenance service
   -m, --reboot-mode string   select the reboot mode during upgrade. Mode "powercycle" bypasses kexec. Valid values are: ["default" "powercycle"]. (default "default")
   -s, --stage                stage the upgrade to perform it after a reboot