diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4295c6..63e4bf9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+## v0.8.0 — 2025-12-06
+### Features
+- add buffer protocol support for zero-copy scanning (#251)
+
+
+
 ## v0.7.30 — 2025-12-04
 ### Docs
 - add conventional commits guidelines for semantic-release (#245)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 64078e1..1a1ee6b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "hyperscan"
-version = "0.7.30"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Python bindings for Hyperscan."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "David Gidwani", email = "david.gidwani@atomweight.io" }]
diff --git a/src/hyperscan/_version.py b/src/hyperscan/_version.py
index 8902e13..777f190 100644
--- a/src/hyperscan/_version.py
+++ b/src/hyperscan/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.30"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"