diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e7ca613..64f3cdd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.0"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5eb9a9..2c73bf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 > stabilising. Minor (`0.X.0`) releases may include breaking changes; patch
 > (`0.x.Y`) releases are reserved for backwards-compatible fixes.
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/MarketSquare/confargs/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-08-31)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add argument-file BOM handling and expandvars pragma ([#40](https://github.com/MarketSquare/confargs/issues/40)) ([daabb4a](https://github.com/MarketSquare/confargs/commit/daabb4add7cb1a879937f446f6d61ca6c2803947))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/MarketSquare/confargs/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0) (2026-08-31)
 
 
diff --git a/src/confargs/__init__.py b/src/confargs/__init__.py
index d171615..ac7c0ea 100644
--- a/src/confargs/__init__.py
+++ b/src/confargs/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from confargs.processor import ConfigurationProcessor
 from confargs.profiles import build_profile_overlay, select_profiles
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.8.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 __all__ = [
     "MISSING",