diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ca1c614..64f3cdd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.2"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f55b390..3325d7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/compare/v0.7.2...v0.8.0) (2026-05-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **eval:** surface IA-weighted Fmax + micro-Fmax in JSONB result ([#29](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/issues/29)) ([32f5943](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/commit/32f59435a2afd8a5ab4ff0dc56b13d0c9d2dad94))
+* **scripts:** bootstrap_fmax_ci protein-level CI helper ([#30](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/issues/30)) ([ac61fcb](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/commit/ac61fcbac03240512835d83e7ce4d675caab7f09))
+* **scripts:** cafaeval-parity propagation for bootstrap_fmax_ci ([#32](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/issues/32)) ([26e4462](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/commit/26e4462969d4fc8d2bf158c108ec88741eceb912))
+
 ## [0.7.2](https://github.com/frapercan/PROTEA/compare/v0.7.1...v0.7.2) (2026-05-07)
 
 
diff --git a/protea/__init__.py b/protea/__init__.py
index bc8c296..777f190 100644
--- a/protea/__init__.py
+++ b/protea/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.2"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dfcc50b..05b9419 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "protea"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = ""
 authors = [
     {name = "frapercan",email = "frapercan1@alum.us.es"}